IRENA LASKOWIECKA

Warsaw, 22 November 1945. Investigating Judge Alicja Germasz interviewed the person named below as a witness. Having been advised of the criminal liability for making false declarations and of the importance of the oath, the witness was sworn in and testified as follows:


Name and surname Irena Laskowiecka
Age 35 years old
Names of parents Stefania and Franciszek
Place of residence Warsaw, the Red Cross, Piusa XI Street 24/26, room 87
Occupation Red Cross clerk
Religious affiliation Roman Catholic
Criminal record none

From February to April 1945, as a representative of the Polish Red Cross, I was making a record of graves of Poles located in the Śródmieście district of Warsaw. At the time I learned by chance from some passers-by on Oleandrów Street that there was a large number of human bodies in the basements of the Anca pharmacy. I went to this pharmacy, situated on the corner of Marszałkowska and Oleandrów streets. I found a completely burnt down and partially collapsed basement under the pharmacy. I only took a look inside standing in the street as it was impossible to enter the basement. I did not see any corpses or traces of murder.

The report was read out.