1 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, who testified as follows:
Name and surname | Wojciech Pietrusiński |
Date and place of birth | 29 March 1895, Kocerany, district of Grójec |
Parents’ names | Józef and Józefa, née Pyrka |
Father’s occupation | farmer |
State affiliation and nationality | Polish |
Religious affiliation | Catholic |
Education | can read and write |
Father’s occupation | janitor |
Place of residence | Warsaw, Żurawia Street 8, flat 41 |
Criminal record | none |
At the moment when the Warsaw Uprising began, I was in the house at Żurawia Street 8. Until 2 October 1944, that is, until the surrender, our part of Żurawia Street was occupied by the insurgents. That day a significant number of people from this section of our district left their houses. The Germans sent us to Okęcie where, at the end of Grójecka Street, we stayed for the night. In the morning of the following day, we were all allowed to go wherever we wanted, except back to Warsaw.
All the other people who remained in our area were, as I heard, led out in the same direction as we were. Bronisława Walczewska, who remained in our house the longest (she now resides at Żurawia Street 8, flat 25), told me – and so did others – that the Germans had committed no crimes in our area.
At this point the report was brought to a close and read out.