Questionnaire
concerning mass executions and mass graves
Township: the town of Busko-Zdrój
District: Stopnica
Voivodeship: Kielce
1. Date and place of execution:
In the autumn of 1943, by the road to the village of Łagiewniki, in the field of citizen Zygmunt Jurecki.
2. Type of execution:
Shooting.
3. Personal data of the murdered victims:
Poles, Jews, foreigners: Jews.
Number of murdered victims: Three people – a man, a woman and a child.
The victims were brought in from: It is unknown.
Surnames, ages, professions/occupations, addresses: Unknown.
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 (gendarmes, Gestapo men, SS men, policemen, the Wehrmacht)?
Sonderdienst and the SS.
6. Are the surnames of the perpetrators known (provide the surnames if known)?
Schwenke and Hans Hanssel.
7. Were the corpses burnt or destroyed otherwise?
No.
8. Where were the corpses buried (provide the exact location)?
By the road to the village of Łagiewniki, in the field of citizen Zygmunt Jurecki.
9. Description of the place of burial (graves, dimensions, estimated number of victims buried in one grave):
Following the execution the graves were levelled.
10. Were the corpses exhumed, were they officially reinterred (report)? If “yes” to the latter, then where?
No.
11. Are there any grounds for conducting their exhumation in the future?
Yes.
On 8 September 1945, the contents of the above questionnaire were officially confirmed by the mayor of the town of Busko-Zdrój, Stanisław Maroński, with the Municipal Court in Busko-Zdrój.