Township: Połaniec
Commune: Połaniec
District: Sandomierz
Voivodeship: Kielce
QUESTIONNAIRE
on mass executions and mass graves
1. Date and place of execution:
From October 1942 to June 1944, area of the Połaniec Commune.
2. Type of execution (by shooting, by hanging, etc.):
By shooting.
3. Personal data of the murdered victims:
Poles, Jews, foreigners: Poles and Jews.
Number of murdered victims: 19 Poles and 55 Jews.
The victims were brought in from: From the area of the Połaniec Commune.
Surname, age, occupation, address: There were 1200 Jewish residents and 1500 foreign
Jews in the Połaniec Commune. The identities of about 55 murdered Jews have been
determined. The fate of the remaining Jews is unknown. Murdered Poles: See overleaf.
4. Is it known what the victims were accused of, whether the execution was carried out in retaliation, etc.?
It is unknown.
5. Who carried out the execution (gendarmerie, Gestapo, SS, police, Wehrmacht)?
The German gendarmerie.
6. Are the surnames of the perpetrators known (please provide the surnames)?
Leutnant Domajer from Sandomierz, Meister Elemann from Staszów, Leutnant Reppeit
from Staszów, gendarme Kramer from Staszów, Meister Janczewski from Staszów.
7. Were the corpses burned or destroyed in any other way?
They were buried at the local cemetery and at a Jewish cemetery.
8. Where were the corpses buried (exact location)?
The settlement of Połaniec.
9. Description of the grave(s) (size, estimated number of victims buried in one grave):
When it comes to the Jews, this is difficult to determine.
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?
Yes.
On 5 October 1945, the contents of the above questionnaire were officially certified by Józef Warchałowski, the head of the Połaniec Commune, with the Municipal Court in Staszów.
Point 3.
| 1) | Marian Kosowicz, |
| 2) | Władysław Barański, |
| 3) | Jan Sutek, |
| 4) | Jan Murczkiewicz, |
| 5) | Stanisław Fecek, |
| 6) | Podsiadły, |
| 7) | Tadeusz Górka, |
| 8) | Jan Liwiński, |
| 9) | Tadeusz Bryk, |
10) Władysława Wałcerz,
11) Henryk Kucia,
12) Eugeniusz Jarzyna,
13) Edmund Jarzyna,
14) Piotr Sajda,
15) Stanisław Pawlak,
16) Władysław Pawlak,
17) Stefan Sekuła,
18) Stanisław Cubor,
19) Józef Kucia.