LEOKADIA KASZEWSKA

Warsaw, 24 June 1946. Investigating Judge Halina Wereńko, delegated to the Commission for the Investigation of German Crimes, interviewed the person specified below as a witness. Having advised the witness of the criminal liability for making false declarations, and of the significance of the oath, the judge swore her in, after which the witness testified as follows:


Forename and surname Leokadia Aleksandra Kaszewska, née Całczyńska
Names of parents Franciszek and Maria née Lemeszko
Date of birth 28 November 1903 in Brzeziny, Garwolin county
Occupation Civic Militia office worker
Education six grades at school of economics
Place of residence Puławska Street 139, flat no. 30
Religious affiliation Roman-Catholic
Criminal record none

My nephew Wojciech Całczyński (19 years old) was arrested by the Germans in 1942 or 1943, transported to the Gestapo HQ on aleja Szucha, from where, after an interrogation that included beating, he was sent to Pawiak prison for a few days; he was then sent to the prison on Gęsia Street, where he stayed for a few weeks. He was lucky to be released with the help of a detective friend of his, who worked for the 7th Police Station of the state police. Currently, my nephew studies at the school of irrigation in Otwock Wielki, Warsawcounty, the estate of count Jezierski. I pledge to inform my nephew, as soon as he arrives in Warsaw, that he should visit the District Commission for the Investigation of German Crimes in order to testify.

After he had been released from prison on Gęsia Street, my nephew was arrested for the second time and kept in the camp in Zaborów near Warsaw, where he was beaten cruelly. Eventually, he was released.

After the Uprising was over my nephew was transported away by the Germans to a concentration camp; I do not remember the name.

The witness interview report was read out.