Kielce, 1 April 1948, 8.00 a.m. Stanisław Kostera from the Criminal Investigation Section of the Citizens’ Militia Station in Kielce, on the instruction of the Prosecutor from the District Court in Kielce, with the participation of court reporter Marian Poniewierka, heard the person named below as a witness. Having been advised of the criminal liability for making false declarations and of the wording of Article 140 of the Penal Code, the witness testified as follows:
Name and surname | Julian Rożek |
Parents’ names | Karol and Józefina, née Michalska |
Date of birth | 1887 |
Place of birth | Rzędowice, Miechów district |
Religious affiliation | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | butcher |
Place of residence | Kielce [...] |
Relationship to the parties | none |
I live in Kielce at Armii Czerwonej Street 40.
I remember how before the war, during the German occupation – although I don’t remember an exact date or even the year (it must have been before the Ghetto was established, as the Poles had still lived at the future site of the Ghetto) – some Jews from Vienna had come to my house. They were quartered in the school at Św. Aleksandra Street, but they were free, nobody was watching them. I cannot say how many Jews there were, but I know that those who stayed at my place didn’t go to work.
The Jews stayed in my house until the establishment of the Ghetto, but I don’t know what happened to them after that.
Here, I conclude my testimony.
At this point the report was concluded, read out and signed.