STANISŁAW STĘPIEŃ

In Kazimierza Wielka, on 24 September 1948 at 6.30 p.m. I, Józef Rubacki from the Citizens’ Militia Station in Kazimierza Wielka, acting on the instruction of the Deputy Prosecutor pursuant to Article 20 of the provisions introducing the Code of Criminal Procedure (KPK), Article 257 of the KPK, due to the absence of the Judge, taking into account that any delay could lead to a loss of traces or evidence of the crime, which would have been obliterated before the arrival of the Judge, following the procedures set out in Articles 235–240, 258 and 259 of the KPK, with the participation of a witness, Corporal Czesław Lasota, whom I advised of the obligation to attest to the consistency of the report with the actual course of proceedings by his own signature, interviewed the person named below as a witness. Having been advised of the significance of the oath, the right to refuse to testify due to the reasons provided in Article 104 of the KPK, and the criminal liability for making false declarations as stated in Article 140 of the Penal Code, the witness took the oath and testified as follows:


Name and surname Stanisław Stępień
Parents’ names Antoni and Bronisława
Age 26
Date and place of birth 14 October 1921, Kazimierza Wielka
Religious affiliation Roman Catholic
Occupation laborer
Place of residence Kazimierza Wielka, Kazimierza Wielka commune, Pińczów district
Relationship to the parties none

With regard to the present matter, I know the following: It was in the summer of 1942, I cannot remember the exact date, when the Germans shot dead about 200 Jews from Kazimierza Wielka. I, Stanisław Stępień, was an eyewitness to the shooting, as I was taken there as a junak [young man] and forced to bury the bodies. It took place in the Słonowice forest.

At that the report was concluded and signed after being read out.