QUESTIONNAIRE
concerning mass executions and mass graves
Township: Krępa Górna
Commune: Krępa Kościelna
District: Iłża
Voivodeship: Kielce
1. Date and place of execution.
8 December 1943, Krępa Górna.
2. Type of execution.
3. Personal data of the murdered victims.
Poles, Jews, foreigners: Poles.
How many people were murdered: 3 people
The victims were brought in from: They were residents of Krępa Górna.
Surname, age, occupation, address:
| 1) | Józef Czuj, 31 years old, a baker, |
| 2) | Czuj, the wife of Józef, age [no data], |
| 3) | Anna Karolik, 30 years old, the sister of Józef Czuj. |
| 4. | Is it known what the victims were accused of, whether the execution was carried out in retaliation, etc.? |
Without any reason, only because the Germans saw Józef Czuj’s wife running
pretty fast.
5. Who carried out the execution (gendarmes, Gestapo men, SS men, policemen, the Wehrmacht)?
Gendarmes from Lipsko.
6. Are the surnames of the perpetrators known? (Give the surnames).
Himel, Mesel,Werner, Marteno.
7. Were the corpses burnt or destroyed otherwise (where)?
The bodies weren’t destroyed.
8. Where were the corpses buried (provide the exact location)?
They were buried in the cemetery in Krępa Kościelna.
9. Description of the place of burial (graves, dimensions, estimated number of victims buried in one grave).
An ordinary grave.
10. Were the corpses exhumed, were they officially reinterred (report)? If “yes” to the latter, then where?
No.
11. Are there any grounds for conducting their exhumation in the future?
No.
On 1 October 1945, the contents of the above questionnaire were officially certified by Kazimierz Grodzicki, the head of Krępa Kościelna commune, with the Municipal Court in Lipsko nad Wisłą.