HALINA SZOSTAK

On 12 December 1945, in Radom, Kazimierz Borys, Investigating Judge from the Second District of the District Court in Radom, based in Radom, interviewed the person named below as an unsworn witness. Having been advised of the criminal liability for making false declarations, the witness testified as follows:


Name and surname Halina Szostak
Age 35 years old
Names of parents Kazimierz and Helena
Place of residence Radom, Żeromskiego Street 77
Occupation teacher
Religious affiliation Roman Catholic
Criminal record none
Relationship to the parties none
My stepdaughter, Aurelia Szostakówna, born 13 March 1920 in Mierzonka near Mińsk,

a student of Polish studies, was arrested on 22 September 1942 at the beauty parlor which she ran during the war at Żeromskiego Street 59.

Along with her, Jerzy Wojdacki and Julia Żurowska were also arrested. The latter was released after two weeks.

I never heard from my stepdaughter after she was arrested. Jerzy Wojdacki was executed on 14 October 1942 on the gallows near the Arms Factory in Radom.

My stepdaughter, Aurelia Szostakówna, was, according to what I learned from my acquaintances, executed on 12 October 1942 on the gallows in Rożki. I wasn’t present at the execution site and I don’t know where the bodies of the people executed there were buried.

In November 1942 the German police office sent us notification that my stepdaughter had died on 12 October 1942. I don’t have this notification any more.

At the Virgin Mary Civil Status Office I learned that the Magistrate had notified the Office of Aurelia Szostakówna’s death. Based on this notification, the Civil Status Office issued Aurelia’s death certificate.

Having been shown a photograph of the people executed in Rożki, the witness testified as follows:

I can’t recognize Aurelia Szostakówna among the people hanged in Rożki.

Following the testimony given by Kamila Prokop, the witness was shown a photograph of the people executed by the Warsaw road, whereupon the witnessed testified as follows:

Among the people executed by the Warsaw road in Radom I also can’t recognize Aurelia Szostakówna.

The report was read out.