13 February 1950, Warsaw. Trainee judge Irena Skonieczna, acting as a member of the Main Commission for the Investigation of German Crimes in Poland, interviewed the person named below as a witness, who testified as follows:
Name and surname | Aleksander Piotrowski |
Date and place of birth | 4 July 1882, Ryczyca, Warsaw Voivodeship |
Parents’ names | Łukasz and Magdalena, née Trojanowska |
Father’s occupation | farmer |
State affiliation and nationality | Polish |
Religious affiliation | Catholic |
Education | can sign his name |
Occupation | janitor at the Agricultural Bank |
Place of residence | Warsaw, Czackiego Street 21, flat 18e |
Criminal record | none |
When the Warsaw Uprising broke out, I was in the Credit Society building at Czackiego 21, where I stayed until the Germans’ entry into the area, that is, until 7 or 8 September 1944. When the Germans entered, there were no insurgents in our house. By the time the Germans arrived, the insurgents had already left the area. The people were in the basements. We were given 15 minutes to leave our house, and the Germans escorted us to Saski Square where there were many people from the surrounding streets, including our own. Two old ladies remained in our house after all the residents had left. The Germans wanted to take them in a wagon to a hospital. However, after the Uprising, when the Polish Red Cross was carrying out an exhumation in our area, the bodies of two women were found in one of the graves. But I am unable to say whether these were the old ladies from our house.
The Germans escorted us from Saski Square to the church in Wola, from where we were transported to Pruszków.
I haven’t heard of any other crimes committed by the Germans in Czackiego Street.
At this point the report was brought to a close and read out.