In Rudki on this day, 20 April 1948, at 11.00 a.m., I, Roman Łychowski from the Citizens’ Militia Station in Słupia Nowa, acting on the basis of the following: Article 20 of the provisions introducing the Code of Criminal Procedure, on the instruction of citizen Deputy Prosecutor from the Region of the Prosecutor’s Office of the District Court in Kielce, this dated 20 March 1948, LŻN 81/47, issued on the basis of Article 20 of the provisions introducing the Code of Criminal Procedure, observing the formal requirements set forward in Articles 235–240, 258 and 259 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, with the participation of reporter Stanisław Tomczyk, whom I informed of his obligation to attest to the conformity of the report with the actual course of the procedure by his own signature, have heard the person named below as a witness. The witness, having been advised of the right to refuse testimony for the reasons set forward in Article 104 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, and of the criminal liability for making false declarations, this pursuant to the provisions of Article 140 of the Penal Code, stated as follows:
| Name and surname | Józef Kręcina |
| Parents’ names | Józef and Anna, née Copia |
| Date and place of birth | 9 February 1894, Kocierz, district of Żywiec |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Occupation | senior mine foreman |
| Place of residence | the “Staszic” coal mine in Rudki, commune of Słupia Nowa |
| Relationship to the parties | none |
| As regards the present case, I | am aware of the following facts: One day in March 1943 |
| the Germans led out a | Jew (whose surname I do not know) and shot him in Jasiak’s field |
near the “Staszic” coal mine in Rudki. The execution was carried out by members of the Schutzpolizei from the “Staszic” coal mine. They were commanded by one Schock. This was not a retaliatory measure – he was killed just because he was a Jew. He was buried at the spot where he had been executed. Between 1942 and 1944, however, people would be brought to the “Staszic” coal mine at night and shot close to the pit shaft, into which they fell. These killings were systematic. Among others, I witnessed Stanisław Jończyk being led to the guardroom one day in the evening. He was executed a few hours later and thrown into the said pit shaft. In all probability, the reason for Jończyk’s killing was that they had found some ammunition on his person.
According to my observations, more than 10 people were executed and thrown down the shaft. Citizen Jończyk was one of the victims, but the majority were Jews, whose surnames were unknown to me. These murders were not committed in retaliation. They were pranks organized by the Germans, chief among them Schock, the Schutzpolizei commandant, and Jerke, a Pole from Kielce who served in the Schutzpolizei. In 1944 an unknown man, some 45 years of age, was executed in Jasiak’s field near the “Staszic” coal mine. The Germans had found an ordnance map on his person, but no other “evidence”. He was buried where he had fallen.
At this point the report was brought to a close and read out before being signed by the witness.