PAKUŁA MARIA

Kielce, 12 October 1948 at 1.00 p.m. Jan Zielono from the Investigative Office of the Citizens’ Militia in Kielce, with the participation of court reporter Zygmunt Winter, interviewed 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 Maria Pakuła, née Pietrzyk
Parents’ names Andrzej and Maria
Age 27 years old
Place of birth Kielce
Religious affiliation Roman Catholic
Occupation housewife
Place of residence Kielce, Daleka Street 26
Relationship to the parties daughter

On 19 September 1942, my father and my mother were arrested at home by the Gestapo. They were put in Kielce prison. Their arrest took place four days after the Germans arrested my brother Tadeusz, who, already after my father’s death, was taken to Auschwitz.

My mother was still in prison when she was informed in writing that my father was dead. The father died on 8 October 1942. He was buried in the Piaski-Kielce cemetery. In 1945 his body was transferred from the Piaski-Kielce to the Partisans’ Cemetery.

My brother was arrested by Kazimierz Rutkowski (from the criminal police) who is now in England. I haven’t heard from my brother since he was taken to Auschwitz.

The report was read out.