Township: Koprzywnica
Commune: Koprzywnica
District: Sandomierz
Voivodeship: Kielce
QUESTIONNAIRE
on mass executions and mass graves
1. Date and place of execution:
Year 1944. A more exact date has not been determined. The executions were carried
out in Koprzywnica.
2. Type of execution (by shooting, by hanging, etc.):
By shooting.
3. Personal data of the murdered victims:
Poles, Jews, foreigners: Only Poles.
Number of murdered victims: 8.
The victims were brought in from: Local victims, caught during raids.
Surname, age, occupation, address: See overleaf.
4. Is it known what the victims were accused of, whether the execution was carried out in retaliation, etc.?
The executions were carried out on charges of belonging to clandestine
patriotic organizations.
5. Who carried out the execution (gendarmerie, Gestapo, SS, police, Wehrmacht)?
The Gestapo and gendarmerie.
6. Are the surnames of the perpetrators known (please provide the surnames)?
Unknown.
7. Were the corpses burned or destroyed in any other way?
No.
8. Where were the corpses buried (exact location)?
The families buried the victims at a cemetery in separate graves.
| 9. | Description of the grave(s) (size, estimated number of victims buried in one grave). |
| 10. | Normal-sized graves. |
| 11. | Was there an official exhumation? Were the corpses buried officially, and if so, where? |
No.
12. Are there any grounds for exhumation in the future?
No.
On 19 September 1945, the contents of the above questionnaire were officially certified by Stanisław Wójcikowski, the head of the Koprzywnica Commune, with the Municipal Court in Sandomierz.
Point 3.
| 1) | Marian Niedbała, the village of Postronna, Klimontów Commune, |
| 2) | Jan Gach, the village of Cegielnia, Koprzywnica Commune, |
| 3) | Maria Finiarz, the village of Cegielnia, |
| 4) | Marianna Deren, the village of Ciszyca, Koprzywnica Commune, |
| 5) | Józef Gorcki from the settlement of Koprzywnica, |
| 6) | Stefan Leśniak from the settlement of Koprzywnica, |
| 7) | Jan Zwolski from the settlement of Koprzywnica, |
| 8) | Paweł Ostrowski from the settlement of Koprzywnica. |
The age has not been determined. They were mostly young men and women. More details concerning the age of the victims have not been determined.