STEFAN SALTARSKI

Kielce, 8 March 1948, 10.00 a.m. Stefan Młodawski from the Criminal Investigation Section of the Citizens’ Militia Station in Kielce, on the instruction of the Prosecutor from the District Court in Kielce, with the participation of court reporter Marian Poniewierka, heard the person named below as a witness. Having been advised of the criminal liability for making false declarations and of the wording of Article 140 of the Penal Code, the witness testified as follows:


Name and surname Stefan Saltarski
Parents’ names Józef and Maria
Age 35 years old
Place of birth Czarkowy, Pińczów district
Religious affiliation Roman Catholic
Occupation gardener
Place of residence Kielce, 3 Maja Street 6

When the Germans entered Kielce, I worked as a gardener in the garden at the Center for Physical Education and Civil Defence. I worked there until the capitulation of Germany.

I know that having entered Kielce, the Germans set up a German military hospital, which operated until 1940. When the hospital left the premises, a German staff headed by a general arrived and they quartered there until the capitulation of Germany.

I don’t remember any German surnames.

There wasn’t any camp for the Poles, only Jews were brought in for labor until the Ghetto was established. Then the Poles took over the work, and they were paid. They lived in town.

At this point the report was concluded, read out and signed.