PIOTR WÓJCIK

Kielce, 11 August 1948, 9.00 a.m. Marian Poniewierka from the Citizens’ Militia Station in Kielce, on the instruction of the Deputy Prosecutor from the District Court in Kielce, with the participation of court reporter Stefan Młodawski, 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 Piotr Wójcik
Parents’ names Izydor and Kazimiera, née Wilczowska
Date of birth 5 May 1905
Place of birth Borków, Kielce district
Religious affiliation Roman Catholic
Occupation laborer
Place of residence Kielce, Kozia Street 5

I lived next to the Arbeitsamt [employment service building] from 1942.

The camp was established in 1940 and closed in 1945. There were only Poles in the camp. There were no foreigners.

The average number of prisoners varied, sometimes there were more, sometimes there were less, but about 300 people were in the camp at all times. During its period of operation, a great many prisoners passed through the camp, but I cannot specify their number. The prisoners were deported by train in an unknown direction.

The prisoners didn’t work in the camp, as after a few days they would be deported in a westward- bound transport. The prisoners were poorly fed.

There was no infirmary in the camp. The prisoners didn’t receive any medical assistance. As for the death rate, I don’t know whether any of the prisoners died. The prisoners were tormented by beating and harassment. I didn’t see any corpses of killed people and I didn’t see any bodies being buried.

There was no crematorium in the camp.

I don’t know whether any material evidence survived.

I don’t know the surnames of the people who were imprisoned in the camp.

The surnames of the Germans and the commandant were: Koch, Erlich and others.

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