DANUTA BARAŃSKA

Warsaw, 11 October 1949. Irena Skonieczna (MA), acting as a member of the Main Commission for the Investigation of German Crimes in Poland, interviewed the person named below, who testified as follows:


Name and surname Danuta Władysława Barańska
Date and place of birth 17 June 1922, Warsaw
Parents’ names Władysław and Kazimiera, née Markowska
Father’s profession urban old-age pensioner
Citizenship and nationality Polish
Religion Roman Catholic
Education elementary school
Profession telephonist at the Central National Measurement Office
Place of residence Warsaw, Ludna Street 1, flat 21
Criminal record none

From 1 August until 14 September 1944 I resided in the house at Szara Street 1. During this whole time both our house and the neighbouring streets were occupied by the insurgents. On 8 September the insurgents from the Old Town managed to get through to our area. From that day on, our house and the entire street came under very heavy fire from the Germans in Frascati Street. On 14 September they entered our area. My father then ordered all of us, namely me and my younger siblings, to proceed to the corner of Czerniakowska and Zagórna streets, where our family lived. The next day, together with all of the residents of Zagórna Street, we entered the courtyard of the Citroen factory. There we were robbed of all our valuables by the Germans and the accompanying “Ukrainians.” Next, after some four hours, we went to Rozbrat Street, from there along Myśliwiecka Street to Agrykola Street, and from thence down aleja Szucha to the corner of Litewska Street. There the Germans ordered us to stop.

I would like to add that after the populace had left Czerniakowska, Zagórna and other neighboring streets, the Germans set all the houses on fire. Next day in the morning we were led through some allotments, today I do not remember the way, to the Western Railway Station, from where we were taken by train to Pruszków.

Neighbors from the house at Szara Street 1 told me that some of the residents of our house reached aleja Szucha, while others were used in Frascati Street to demolish the bunkers located there.

At this point the report was brought to a close and read out.