STANISŁAW ŻÓŁTEK

Acting on the basis of Article 20 of the implementing provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, and in accordance with order LŻN 65/47, from citizen District Vice-Prosecutor of the Prosecutor’s Office of the Regional Court in Kielce, dated 20 March 1948, issued on the basis of Article 20 of the implementing provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, observing the formal requirements listed in Articles 235–240, 258, and 259 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, with the participation of reporter Jan Sepioło, whom I advised of the requirement to certify with his signature that the report reflected the actual course of the procedure, I, Kazimierz Pobrotyn from the Citizens’ Militia station in Słupia Nowa, interviewed the person named below as a witness. Having been advised of the right refuse testimony for reasons listed in Article 104 of the Code of Criminal Procedure [and of] the liability for making false declarations in accordance with Article 140 of the Penal Code, the witness testified as follows:


Name and surname Stanisław Żółtek
Parents’ names Jan and Jadwiga, née Osicka
Date and place of birth 8 May 1906, Trzcianka, Słupia Nowa commune
Religious affiliation Roman Catholic
Occupation farmer
Place of residence Trzcianka, Słupia Nowa commune, Kielce district
Relationship to the parties relation to citizen Edward Żółtek

Regarding the present case, I am aware of the following facts: It was on 29 June 1942. A manhunt was carried out by the Germans, who surrounded the gromada[an administrative unit being a subdivision of commune (gmina)] and selected [some] citizens; I was also brought to the gromada of Wólka Milanowska with them. When I was brought there, citizens from Wólka were already present and we joined them. The Germans selected the following citizens from among us: Władysław Wróblewski, Franciszek Dąbrowski, Stanisław Rębowski, Stanisław Sala, Franciszek Kucharski, Józef Kalwat, Andrzej Staniszewski, Jan Sala, Ignacy Salwerowicz, Franciszek Salwerowicz, Leon Jasiński, and Edward Żółtek. These citizens were then led to the execution site in the gromada of Wólka Milanowska and shot by gendarmes from Bieliny, whose names I don’t know.

After the execution, the Germans approached us and selected ten of us to bury the bodies. The bodies were buried in Wólka Milanowska, Słupia Nowa commune. After we had buried the bodies, they took us back to the group and transported us to Ostrowiec. The bodies were buried by Stefan Lemiech, Stanisław Mordon, Franciszek Mordon, Józef Sikora, and I don’t remember any more names; they lived in Trzcianka, Słupia Nowa commune, Kielce district.

The Poles were executed because a German had been shot in Wólka Milanowska. The one who shot him was Jan Kozłowski, a resident of Trzcianka. The German was shot because he had a Polish lover; her name was Wanda Kędziorówna, a resident of Wólka, and Kozłowski – Jan Kozłowski – didn’t like the fact that a German was visiting a Polish woman. Jan Kozłowski was killed by the Germans in Dobruchna, Grzegorzowice commune, Opatów district, and Wanda Kędziorówna, as well as her entire family, were hanged in Słupia Nowa, Kielce district.

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