FRANCISZKA ROZWADOWSKA

I hereby testify that the Germans have done me a terrible wrong.

I was evicted from Działdowo together with my children, and all our possessions were taken. My husband was arrested in Pomiechówek on 1 October 1939, and the Gestapo put him in the “Black Flag” camp in Działdowo.

He returned in 1940 with terrible wounds; his skin was cut to the bone and his teeth had been smashed out – he could barely open his mouth.

My husband, Stanisław Rozwadowski, was rearrested by the Gestapo in Pomiechówek on 13 August 1941 and taken to Nowy Dwór, where he was tortured and had dogs set on him. He was also beaten by the Gestapo in Płock. He was murdered in Oświęcim on 9 April 1942.

My son Kazimierz Rozwadowski, a 20-year old youth, was tracked by the Gestapo and gendarmerie in Pomiechówek, and therefore chose to escape to Warsaw. While in Warsaw, he was captured three times during round-ups, but escaped on each occasion.

He perished in the Old Town during the Uprising.

Franciszka Rozwadowska

Stefan Rozwadowski, my younger son, aged 18. He was tracked by the gendarmerie and ordered to report to the Arbeitsamt. From there, he was forcibly taken to a factory in Sierpc. On 1 January 1944, he was arrested by the Gestapo at his workplace. He fled immediately, risking his life. He returned home on foot. From then on we had no peace. The gendarmes would turn up at our house every day. Stefan holed himself up in the village of Goławice for half a year. The gendarmes determined that he had a hiding place upstairs in one of the houses, and so detained him and drove him on foot to the trenches. He managed to escape, albeit leaving his clothes behind.

On 5 November [19]44 [an annotation in the margin]. Finally, the Wehrmacht took him to dig trenches; this time he did not return.

Franciszka Rozwadowska