BRONISŁAWA WALUGA

In Kielce, on 27 January 1948, at 9:00 AM, I, Józef Łukasik from the Investigative Department at the Citizens’ Militia station in Kielce, while maintaining the formalities listed in Articles 135, 140, 258, and 259 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, in the presence of reporter Jan Zielono, whom I have instructed of the obligation to certify the compliance of the Protocol with the course of procedure by signing, heard the person named below as a witness. Having been advised of the criminal liability for making false declarations, the witness testified as follows:


Name and surname Bronisława Waluga
Parents’ names Piotr and Maria
Date and place of birth 14 December 1909, in Wolbrom
Religious affiliation Roman Catholic
Occupation official
Place of residence Kielce, Leonarda Street 11

Regarding the present case, I have the following knowledge. On 9 July 1943, my husband Wiktor Waluga was arrested by the Gestapo at the Granat factory in Kielce, [more precisely] by Gestapo officer Schliest [?]; he was a German officer. My husband, after being arrested, was kept in the prison in Kielce, where they accused him of setting up an underground unit of the Home Army.

During the investigation in prison, he was beaten badly, [so much so] that his hands and legs were broken; and the last time, on 16 August, he was beaten so much that he died after a few hours. I don’t know where he was buried or where his body lies. I note that my husband was betrayed by Józef Śliwa – who currently lives in the West; I don’t know the exact address – who was arrested by the Gestapo and beaten so badly that he gave up my husband, and he himself was taken by the Gestapo to Auschwitz.

I conclude my testimony and sign it.