WŁADYSŁAW MOLISAK

Nowy Korczyn, 24 November 1946

At the request of the District Commission for the Investigation of German Crimes in Radom, I, militiaman Stanisław Wójtowicz from the Citizens’ Militia Station in Nowy Korczyn, district of Stopnica, interviewed the person specified below as a witness who testified as follows:


Name and surname Władysław Molisak
Age 38 years old
Parents’ names Antoni and Maria, née Zawada
Place of residence Równiny-Górki, commune of Grotniki, district of Stopnica
Education six classes of elementary school
Religion Roman Catholic
Nationality Polish

On 1 December 1944, at 4.00 a.m., the Germans surrounded the village and herded everybody into a square – small children and their mothers were gathered on one side, and men on the other. The men were ordered to lie on the ground until the evening. We were then told to stand up and form a line. Three of us were excluded from this and told to lie down in the mud again, while the rest were taken to a yard in front of a different house, where several people were then released. The remaining 12 were transported to a location near the forest and shot to death, 200 meters from their wives, mothers, and children. Having shot these 12 people, [the Germans] came back for the three of us. We were told to stand up, were cuffed and loaded onto carts heading to Busko.

There we were being subjected to all kinds of torture for six weeks – they beat us with clubs and chains, and set dogs on us. Since they didn’t have much time due to the approaching Russian army, they took the three of us along with two Russians outside Busko. There, in order to carry out the execution, they told us to lie down in ditches – to be shot individually. I collapsed with the rest, even though I didn’t get hit. Once everyone was down, they covered us with straw and ran away. I was very frightened, and about half an hour later I lifted my head. I saw that there was no one around, so I stealthily escaped through a ditch and came back home.

No one – including myself – can explain how this happened, but God let me return safely and I’m still alive. A woman named Staśka, whom I know by sight, was involved in this crime in Równiny. She was present the whole time, and she was wearing a German uniform. If I saw her today, I would definitely recognize her.

The report was confirmed and signed.