QUESTIONNAIRE
on executions and mass graves
Township: Daleszyce
Commune: Daleszyce
District: Kielce
Voivodeship: Kielce
1. Date and place of execution:
6 September 1939, Daleszyce, in the fields beyond the church
2. Type of execution:
shooting
3. Personal data of the murdered victims:
Poles, Jews, foreigners: Poles
Number of murdered victims: 6
The victims were brought in from:
Surname, age, occupation, address:
1) Antecki Władysław, 29 years old, farmer,
2) Jaworski Jakub, 54 years old, farmer,
3) Mochocki Jan, 55 years old, farmer,
4) Żuchowicz Franciszek, 15 years old, stayed with his parents,
5) fugitive whose personal details remain unknown,
6) soldier from a regiment from Częstochowa – surname unknown
1–4 were permanent residents of Wójtostwo settlement in Daleszyce commune.
4. Is it known what the victims were accused of, whether the execution was carried out in retaliation, etc.?
They were shot dead by the first German units to arrive because they were in contact with the retreating Polish troops.
5. Who carried out the execution?
Wehrmacht
6. Are the surnames of the perpetrators known?
No data
7. Were the corpses burnt or destroyed in any other way?
[The corpses] were left at the execution site without burial. When a few days later the local populace came back from the woods in which they had been hiding, the corpses were buried in the cemetery in Daleszyce.
8. Where were the corpses buried?
Daleszyce cemetery, Daleszyce commune, Kielce district, 12 meters to the south-east from the chapel
9. Description of the grave:
Grave made of earth, 2 meters long, 3.6 meters wide, 6 victims buried together
10. Was there an official exhumation? Were the corpses buried officially, and if so, where?
There is no such need.
11. Are there any grounds for exhumation in the future?
On 5 October 1945, the contents of the above questionnaire were officially certified by Teofil Lizis, the head of Daleszyce commune, with the Municipal Court in Daleszyce.