In Łódź on this day, 20 April 1948, at 8.00 p.m., I, Józef Ochlit, a detective from the 7th Citizens’ Militia Station in Łódź, acting on the basis of the following: Article 20 of the provisions introducing the Code of Criminal Procedure, on the instruction of citizen Deputy Prosecutor from the Region of the Prosecutor’s Office of the District Court, this dated 16 December 1947, LN 25/47, issued on the basis of Article 20 of the provisions introducing the Code of Criminal Procedure, observing the formal requirements set forward in Articles 235–240, 258 and 259 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, in the presence of the following witnesses: 1. Ignacy Przedzelewski, a non-resident functionary of the 7th Citizens’ Militia Station, 2. Józef Przybylski, also a non-resident functionary of the 7th Citizens’ Militia Station, whom I informed of their obligation to attest to the conformity of the report with the actual course of the procedure by their own signatures, have heard the person named below as a witness. The witness, having been advised of the right to refuse testimony for the reasons set forward in Article 104 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, and of the criminal liability for making false declarations, this pursuant to the provisions of Article 140 of the Penal Code, stated as follows:
| Name and surname | Franciszek Gońciasz |
| Parents’ names | Józef and Maria, née Kozieł |
| Age | 35 years |
| Place of birth | Piekoszów |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Occupation | professional army officer |
| Place of residence | Łódź, Armii Ludowej Street 16, flat 4 |
| Relationship to the parties | none |
| As regards the present case, I | am aware of the following facts: I know that the labor camp |
in Jaworznia was set up at the “Wapno i Kamieniołomy” company in 1942, although I do not remember the exact date. Young boys, commonly called “youth laborers”, used to work there. Some 600 people could have been employed at the facility. It was administered by a German, the only German who worked there, one Hochbuer; the rest were Poles. I was also employed there, as a coal mine supervisor. In the spring of 1944 Hochbuer ran away to Kielce, and he was replaced with a Pole, Aleksandrowicz. In 1944 this man was killed by the partisans. The rest of the personnel, Poles, treated people well, for nearly all of them were members of an underground organization. I would like to add that the “youth laborers” were not imprisoned there – they only worked under duress, while after work they received passes, for Sundays in particular, and could go wherever they pleased.
The camp was organized on a military pattern. Initially, the labor quota was 8 hours, whereas later they had to break two tonnes of rock; a skilled laborer can break up to 3 tonnes, but the youth laborers managed no more than one. The youth laborers lived in barracks, and conditions were on the whole good (considering the camp was run by Germans). There was no infirmary on-site, and so they would go to the “Białogon” housing estate, to a doctor from the Social Insurance. The food was not too good, for I myself saw that their parents brought them parcels. The remuneration they received – resembling soldiers’ pay – was meager. As a supervisor, I earned some 300 Polish zlotys plus a commission, and so I would take home nearly 500 Polish zlotys per month.
I remember the following members of personnel: the manager, a Pole by the surname of Bonerland – he was a farmer who had been evicted from near Poznań, and his place was duly taken by one Sobczyński, resident in Jędrzejów; Zenon Wróblewski, who worked as a supervisor and in 1944 ran away to join the partisans; Przygocki, resident in Kielce; Antoni Głaz, resident in Jaworzno; Rozmós – I do not know his name, he lived in the district of Opatów. There were also a great many others, but I do not recall their personal details.
I would like to add that as regards director Tadeusz Naszalski, he was not hostile towards Poles. I myself know that he committed acts of sabotage against the Germans, for the youth laborers only achieved 40% of the quota, of which fact Naszalski, being informed by me, was fully aware. Apart from the youth laborers, there were also regular workers, and they received full pay – 100% – for the norm that the youths failed to carry out; Naszalski was aware of this, too. It is not true that Naszalski bullied the youth laborers.
At this point the report was brought to a close and read out before being signed by the witness.