MARIANNA SADZIŃSKA

On 11 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. Having advised the witness of the criminal liability for making false declarations, of the wording of Article 107 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, and of the significance of the oath, the judge swore the witness in accordance with Article 108 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, whereupon the witness testified as follows:


Name and surname Marianna Sadzińska
Age 57 years old
Parents’ names Jan and Katarzyna
Place of residence Opatów, Wąska Street 28
Occupation laborer
Religious affiliation Roman Catholic
Criminal record none
Relationship to the parties none

During the German occupation – I can’t remember the exact date – my son Stefan, who was 17 years old at the time, was taken away for forced labor to Germany. After eight months, he managed to escape. Around three months later, he came back from his cousins’ house where he had been hiding. One time around midnight, our door was suddenly broken down by Stanisław Słonka, assisted by another former criminal police officer. After identifying my sons, he commanded the youngest of them, Stefan, to quickly put on “military clothing”, and when he couldn’t do it quickly enough, Słonka kicked him and pushed him at the door.

After staying for four weeks in the local detention center, my son was transported to a concentration camp in Oranienburg, and then to another such camp in Riga, where he stayed for two years. He was released after the allied army’s victory. I found out the next day that on that night Słonka caught two more people who had escaped from Germany: Adwent and Ferens. I’d like to add that my son, Stefan Sadziński, is currently a Citizens’ Militia officer in Gubin, Śląska Street.