In Ostrowiec, on 24 January 1947, Acting District Judge Mieczysław Radwan, a member of the District Commission for the Investigation of German Crimes in Radom, interviewed the person named below as a witness who, having been advised of the criminal liability for making false declarations, testified as follows:
| Name and surname | Marian Litaszczek |
| Father’s names | Józef |
| Age | 49 years old |
| Occupation | production manager of the Jadwigów brickyard in Ostrowiec |
| Place of residence | Ostrowiec, Składowa Street 1 |
From 15 May 1937 to August 1944, I was a caretaker of the local detention center in Ostrowiec. Apart from the Germans, I had four guards (4) to help; only one of them was local, from Ostrowiec, his name was Dębiec Stefan and he was from Duchnów. He is dead now. In the local detention center there were detainees of the Municipal Court serving administrative penalties and those brought by the local Gestapo. People stayed here for a few weeks, then some of them were taken away in a direction unknown to me – some to Auschwitz or other camps. The detainees were not beaten [while] in the detention center, but they were often brought beaten from Gestapo interrogations. Among others, there were former police officers from the group of 30 hanged in the town square: Widmański, Dr. Duda, [and] Smoleński.
As the beating victims told us, they were abused by Gestapo men Bruno and Polten. The latter was Peter’s replacement; he was said to come from Ukraine, [was] tall, blonde, [and about] 35–36 years old. Mausz Mieczysław, [...] Józef, Rzepka Marian, [and] Błaszkiewicz Adam were also brought beaten in the detention center. They were beaten by Peter and Bruno. The bailiff, Markwart, was brought to the detention center in such a condition that he could not move, so he was carried to the cell. He died the next day on the way to Sandomierz. No medical help was allowed to be provided to the beaten ones. From the group of 12 shot dead behind Ostrowiec, the following were brought beaten: Kołtan, Bzymek, Pająk, and Braniewski. The detainees received food from the municipal authorities, but during the Gestapo’s absence they managed to smuggle food from the city.
No conviction had been pronounced in the detention center. People [who were] hanged in the town square of Ostrowiec, found out about the execution privately the previous day, but the sentence was only read to them at the gallows. The families were not allowed to meet the convicts. Diaznagowski [?] stayed in the detention center for a few days, and then he was deported in an unknown direction. Jabłczyński was deported to Auschwitz. There were also detainees kept as hostages: an attorney, Zgnotowski; a teacher, Szada; the former city president, Sokół Sznażyński; Ligas; and others. They had some relative freedom, received food from home, and after some time they were taken to camps.