STANISŁAW GRZELA

The witness interview report [was] drawn up in Odrowąż commune, Końskie district, by the Skarżysko-Kamienna Branch of the Radom District Commission for the Investigation of German Crimes, represented by a member of the Commission, defense attorney Wawrzyniec Ergietowski. Having been advised of the [criminal] liability for making false declarations, the unsworn witness testified as follows:


Name and surname Stanisław Grzela, son of Stefan
Occupation farmer
Place of residence Płaczków, Odrowąż commune

In the village of Płaczków, manhunts were carried out from time to time in order to capture men; about a hundred of them were sent first to the camp in Częstochowa, and then to Germany to do forced labor. Most of the arrested men returned, one of them with a mental disease, but I am unable to specify what kind of disease that was. There were no strongly aggressive arrests carried out by the Germans in the village of Płaczków.

I also remember the burning of the houses belonging to Władysław Janas and Andrzej Dobrowolski’s heirs in the village of Pięty, Odrowąż commune, in the beginning of February 1944, but I don’t remember the details. These can be provided by Stanisława Stankiewicz, Leon’s wife, from the village of Pięty, Odrowąż commune.

I have said everything. I read out the report.