STEFANIA LEŚNIAK

In Koprzywnica on this day, 14 September 1948, at 9.00 p.m., I, officer Józef Janusz from the Citizens’ Militia Station in Koprzywnica, acting on the basis of Article 20 of the provisions introducing the Code of Criminal Procedure (KPK), on the instruction of citizen Deputy Prosecutor from the Region of the Prosecutor’s Office of the District Court, issued under Article 20 of the provisions introducing the KPK, complying with the formal requirements set out in Articles 235–240, 258 and 259 of the KPK, with the participation of reporter Stefan Maj, whom I informed of his obligation to attest to the conformity of the report with the actual course of the procedure by his own signature, have heard the person named below as a witness. Having been advised of the right to refuse to testify for reasons set out in Article 104 of the Code of Criminal Procedure and of the criminal liability for making false declarations, pursuant to Article 140 of the Criminal Code, the witness testified as follows:


Name and surname Stefania Leśniak
Parents’ names Antoni and Maria, née Bochyńska
Age 36 years old
Date and place of birth 28 September 1912 in Koprzywnica
Religious affiliation Roman Catholic
Occupation lives with her parents
Place of residence Koprzywnica, Sandomierz district
Relationship to the parties none

With regard to the matter at hand I can provide the following information: It happened on 10 April 1944 in the township of Koprzywnica. Three Germans came to my house and inquired after my husband. I told them that he wasn’t home, for he was visiting with his family. Then they began to search my flat and finally went to the attic, where my husband had hidden himself. A shot was fired from the stairs, killing my husband.

This is all that I know in the present case.

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