On 13 July 1988 at 9:30, T. Zieliński, a Provincial Deputy Public Prosecutor delegated to the Regional Public Prosecutor’s Office in Ostrów Mazowiecka, interviewed the person mentioned hereunder as a witness, whose identity he determined on the basis of the identity card of the said. The witness was advised of the criminal liability for making false declarations (Article 247, §1 of the Criminal Code), whereupon he confirmed with his own handwritten signature that he had been so advised (Article 172 of the Code of Criminal Procedure), and thereafter testified as follows:
| Name and surname | Władysław Wędzik |
| Parents’ names | Józef and Justyna |
| Date and place of birth | 5 August 1915, Biel |
| Place of residence | [...], Commune of Ostrów Mazowiecka (07-300) |
| Employment | old-age pensioner |
| Education | three classes of primary school |
| Criminal record | none |
| Relationship to the parties | none |
During the German occupation I worked on my farm in Biel. Whereas my brother, Tadeusz, worked on the railway in Małkinia.
I recall that in 1941 a transport of Soviet prisoners of war was passing along the Ostrów Mazowiecka-Małkinia railway line. One of the prisoners jumped off the train, and he was shot by a German soldier. He was buried right where he fell. I cannot state whether his body was exhumed. I did not witness other similar happenings.
Nor did I see Poles or Jews being murdered in Biel. However, human corpses were buried in the local forests at the time. People said that these were Poles from “Czerwoniak” jail in Ostrów Mazowiecka.
I remember that when I was in Ostrów Mazowiecka in 1942, I saw some Germans lead a woman from a motor car and shoot her. They left the body in a ditch by the road. When I was returning from Ostrów Mazowiecka to Biel, the corpse was no longer there.
During the occupation I gave help to Jews. In 1940, I led two married Jewish couples with children to Zaręby Kościelne, that is across the Russian-German border. I do not know the surnames of these Jews. While returning on the same day, I led a Jew from Zaręby Kościelne to Biel. This Jew then left Biel for Warsaw. I received a letter from these Jews, however I no longer have it. I remember neither its contents nor the addresses of the Jews to whom I was supposed to deliver the letter.
I did not help Polish or Soviet partisans during the occupation.
I have testified the truth.
The report was read out.