STANISŁAW JAKUBOWSKI

Kielce, 15 March 1948. Marian Poniewierka from the Criminal Investigation Section of the Citizens’ Militia Station in Kielce, acting on the instructions of the Prosecutor from the District Court in Kielce, with the participation of reporter Jan Zielono from the Criminal Investigation Section of the Citizens’ Militia, 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 Stanisław Jakubowski
Parents’ names Stanisław and Anna, nee Eitner
Age 54 years old
Place of birth Pniewy, Poznań district
Religious affiliation Roman Catholic
Occupation locksmith
Place of residence Kielce [...]

The German authorities established a camp in the Candle Factory at Młynarska Street 105 in Kielce in August 1944, and closed it in November 1944.

There were only Poles in that camp, mostly those who had been caught in the round-ups. There were no foreigners in the camp.

On average, there were some 200 prisoners in the camp. During its period of operation, about 30,000 people passed through the camp. Upon liquidation of the camp there were no prisoners, as all of them had been deported.

The prisoners didn’t work in that camp, they only swept the floor in their room. The Poles in the above-mentioned camp were fed quite decently. Upon their departure there would be leftover bread, and besides this they received food from the Red Cross.

Medical assistance to the sick in the camp was provided by the Red Cross. No prisoner died or was executed in the camp.

There were no burial sites. There was no crematorium in the camp.

No material evidence survived.

I can recall the following surnames of people who were in the camp: Goraj (I don’t remember his first name), a resident of Czarnów, commander of the guard.

I cannot give the surnames of the Germans or of the camp commander, as I didn’t know them.

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