FRANCISZEK MANKIEWICZ

Township: Sandomierz
District: Sandomierz
Voivodeship: Kielce

QUESTIONNAIRE

on mass executions and mass graves

1. Date and place of execution:

October 1942, within the ghetto and on the streets of the city of Sandomierz.

2. Type of execution (by shooting, by hanging, etc.):

Shot dead during the liquidation of the ghetto.

3. Personal data of the murdered victims:

Poles, Jews, foreigners: Jews.

Number of murdered victims: Over 1000.

The victims were brought in from: The Sandomierz Ghetto. Different people, from

children to old people.

Surname, age, occupation, address: Unknown.

4. Is it known what the victims were accused of, whether the execution was carried out in retaliation, etc.?

On the way from the city to the train station, the Jews were murdered without a reason.

5. Who carried out the execution (gendarmerie, Gestapo, SS, police, Wehrmacht)?

The gendarmerie and Gestapo.

6. Are the surnames of the perpetrators known (please provide the surnames)?

Unknown.

7. Were the corpses burned or destroyed in any other way?

The corpses were taken by carts to the local Jewish cemetery and buried in several pits.

In 1943, the bodies were dug out and burned.

8. Where were the corpses buried (exact location)?

At the Jewish cemetery in Sandomierz.

9. Description of the grave(s) (size, estimated number of victims buried in one grave):

In several big pits. Details are unknown.

10. Was there an official exhumation? Were the corpses buried officially, and if so, where?

No.

11. Are there any grounds for exhumation in the future?

No.

On 26 September 1945, the contents of the above questionnaire were officially certified by Franciszek Mankiewicz, the mayor of the city of Sandomierz, with the Municipal Court in Sandomierz.