On 18 May 1946, the Municipal Court in Opatów, represented by Judge Al. Zalewski, with the participation of reporter R. Cybulski, interviewed the person mentioned below as a witness, without taking an oath. Having been advised of the criminal liability for making false declarations, the witness testified as follows:
| Name and surname | Jan Kogut |
| Age | 44 years old |
| Parents’ names | Wincenty and Apolonia |
| Place of residence | Opatów, Kilińskiego Street 4 |
| Occupation | clerk |
| Religious affiliation | Roman Catholic |
| Criminal record | none |
| Relationship to the parties | none |
During the German occupation I worked as a writer for the Piórków commune, Opatów district, so I know that one of, as they were called, Stabsleiter [director of staff], Herman Wuzowski, was very hostile towards the farmers in connection with the compulsory delivery of supplies, which he had supervision over. During my stay in the commune of Piórków, he threw insults at me and hit my head several times for not following his orders thoroughly enough. As a part of repressive action, he ordered the collective grain threshing of the whole Piórków commune, and at the same time, as it was commonly said, he ordered the execution of three farmers from the Łagów area, including one woman, for not delivering some part of the compulsory supplies.
His replacement, Modelski, of Polish origin – although not that cruel, nevertheless with all thoroughness and regularity – made sure that the compulsory supplies, to the detriment of the Polish nation and benefit of the occupant, were delivered in due time and in as large of quantities as possible. The German gendarme of Polish origin, Alfred Biller, often extorted various kinds of food from the commune: geese, hens, etc. Georg Hoffmann, the head of the Arbeitsamt [labor office] in Opatów, often came together with the German gendarmerie and the Blue Police. Ruthless against the Polish youth, he supplied as many people as possible for forced labor to the Reich. Tadeusz Teodorczyk, a former criminal police officer, together with the German gendarmerie, was involved in the murder of Jan Kaczor vel Kaczorowski, a resident of the Piórków Górny village. He was shot dead nearby his own premises under the accusation of “banditry”, but I do not know if he was really doing it, or if he took part on behalf of an underground organization.