On 10 November 1947 in Tarnów, Dr J. Piec, an Investigative Judge at the District Court in Tarnów, with the participation of a reporter, A. Kucharczyk, interviewed the person mentioned hereunder as a witness, without taking an oath. Having been advised of the criminal liability for making false declarations and of the provisions of Article 107 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the witness testified as follows:
| Name and surname | Julian Trzpis |
| Age | 41 years old |
| Parents’ names | Wojciech and Karolina |
| Place of residence | Tarnów, Ujejskiego Street 24 |
| Occupation | tailor |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Criminal record | none |
| Relationship to the parties | none |
From amongst the listed former members of the garrison of the camp in Auschwitz, I personally know the following: Hans Aumeier, Fritz Alfred Frenzel, Max Göppel, Max Grabner, Herbert Paul Ludwig, and Franz Romeikat.
Hans Aumeier was nicknamed "the Iron Hand" by the prisoners, this because when he struck someone, that person would invariably collapse to the ground. He tormented the prisoners, beating and kicking them, which behavior I witnessed on a great many occasions.
Fritz Alfred Frenzel, who worked as a training instructor for prisoners, was in charge of penal gymnastics; he schooled the inmates without a pause for hours on end, causing them to collapse from exhaustion. I saw these "exercises" frequently, however he did not train me.
Max Göppel, who supervised the prisoners’ kitchen, would take severe revenge on inmates whenever he noticed that they wanted to take some scraps from the kitchen, such as vegetable peels or discarded potatoes. If such a prisoner survived the beating, he would have a number of broken bones, for [Göppel] beat with great bestiality, and also kicked in such a way as to break bones and damage the kidneys.
Max Grabner, who was the head of the Political Department, also tormented the prisoners. None of the prisoners who were summoned to his office would leave it without taking a severe beating and being sent to the penal company for two weeks. Only a few prisoners – those who had an iron constitution and were extraordinarily lucky – managed to survive the penal company. I myself was beaten in his presence by some other SS men in the course of an interrogation, and thereafter sentenced to the "post" for half an hour, whereafter I was brought back to his office for another interrogation and sentenced to a whipping of 50 lashes. I received this punishment at block no. 1, however the accused was not present at the time. I do not know the SS men who administered the whipping. I was given the penalty for failing to admit to the charges placed against me.
Herbert Paul Ludwig, who supervised the work teams outside and within the camp, was the terror of the prisoners, and he would beat any inmate he could lay his hands on, without any reason whatsoever. He would batter people with his hands or with a stick that was always stuck behind his belt. I even saw him beat some of the inmates unconscious. But I did not witness him kill anyone.
Franz Romeikat, who supervised the tailors’ kommando as an Unterscharführer, made every effort to exhaust the prisoners who worked therein, not allowing them to go and relieve themselves from 7.00 a.m. to 11.00 a.m., so that the inmates had to relieve themselves into tins directly in the workplace, which they did in secret. And if a prisoner had diarrhea, he would have to fill his trousers with rags and wait until such time as he was allowed to go to the toilet. The same rules applied after dinner, between 12.00 p.m. and 5.00 p.m. When a prisoner asked him for permission to go and relieve himself, he would order the kapo to beat the inmate so severely that he would not ever dare to ask for permission again.
The report was read out and signed.