Kielce, 6 March 1948, 9.30 a.m. Marian Poniewierka from the Criminal Investigation Section of the Citizens’ Militia Station in Kielce, acting on the instructions of the Prosecutor from the District Court in Kielce, with the participation of court reporter Stanisław Kostera, 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 | Antoni Misiec |
Parents’ names | Tomasz and Florentyna, née Bus |
Age | 45 years old |
Place of birth | Kunelów, Włoszczowa district |
Religious affiliation | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | blacksmith |
Place of residence | Kielce [...] |
On 8 September 1942 I came to the "Hasag-Granat" camp on Młynarska Street as a prisoner from the prison in Kielce. I stayed in the above-mentioned camp until 19 March 1943, when we were all deported to the prison in Pińczów. I don’t know when the camp was established. The camp was liquidated on 19 March 1943.
There were only Poles in the camp, and the Jews were kept separately, in their own barracks. There were no foreigners in the camp.
On average, there were some 50 prisoners in the camp, Poles only. As for the Jews, there were about 600 of them. During its period of operation, there were the same prisoners in the camp.
As for the Jews, I don’t know as they were kept separately and remained in the camp when we were deported to Pińczów. Upon liquidation of the camp, the prisoners were deported to Pińczów, and the Jews stayed behind; I don’t know what happened to them afterwards.
The prisoners from the camp worked in the factory and in the factory yard, unloading coal and iron-ore and loading wagons. They worked really hard. The prisoners were taken for labor to various places, and the Jews worked only on the factory premises. The prisoners had potato soup for breakfast, some swede or carrots for dinner, and for supper they received unsweetened black coffee and 2 kilograms of bread per twenty people.
There was neither an infirmary nor a hospital in the camp. If a prisoner fell ill, he or she would be sent to the prison at Zamkowa Street. There were no deaths in the camp.
During my stay in the camp there were no executions of Polish prisoners, but three Jews were shot to death by Teodor Cymbelak, currently incarcerated in the prison in Kielce. I don’t know where the dead people were buried. There was no crematorium in the camp. I don’t know anything about any surviving material evidence.
As far as I remember, the following people were imprisoned in the camp:
1) Stąpor Jacenty
2) two Włodarczyks, who are currently in the West,
3) Cedro Stanisław, residing in Kielce,
4) Śmiglarski Szczepan, residing in Kielce at Zagórska Street,
5) Soboń, chauffeur, residing in Kielce at Świerczewskiego Street […].
As for the Germans from the above-mentioned camp, there were Wypi[...], who tormented the prisoners a great deal, and a Pole by the name of Kalwat, residing in Kielce at Zagórska Street 106, whose behavior towards the prisoners and the Jews was worse than that of a German; he used to beat them a lot. The camp was headed by Szlicht, and Kalwat was his subordinate. As for the werkschutze [factory guards], there was one ruffian, Szubko. I don’t know where he came from, but I know that he was a German from Poland.
At this point the report was concluded, read out and signed.