Questionnaire
concerning mass executions and mass graves
Township: Czarny Las by Czerwony Krzyż, Strzegom, Pliskowola, Łęg, Strzegomek, Osiek, Dzięki, Osieczko
Commune: Osiek
District: Sandomierz
Voivodeship: Kielce
1. Date and place of execution:
In the years 1942–1943, in various months, in townships specified above.
2. Type of execution (shooting, hanging, etc.):
Shooting and deportations.
3. Personal data of the murdered victims:
Poles, Jews, foreigners: Poles and Jews.
Number of murdered victims:
The victims were brought in from:
Approximately 227 people were shot. The victims were brought to Czarny Las by Czerwony Krzyż from the prisons in Sandomierz and Opatów, while in the townships of Strzegom, Pliskowola, Łęg, Strzegomek, Osiek, Dzięki, and Osieczko the executions took place on the spot. The following were deported: 500 Jews and 8 Poles who haven’t returned to date – we had news from Auschwitz that they perished there.
Surnames, ages, professions/occupations, addresses:
The surnames of those who were brought in from the prisons haven’t been determined. The following residents of Strzegom were shot:
| 1) | Zuzanna Bednarska, 37 years old, |
| 2) | Władysława Miekurzak, 35 years old, |
| 3) | Maria Ambroziak, 45 years old, |
| 4) | Maria Wróbel, 38 years old, |
| 5) | Jan Majsak, 36 years old, |
| 6) | Wojciech Kot, 34 years old, |
| 7) | Ambroży Kot, 50 years old, |
| 8) | Walenty Dzieciuch, 65 years old, |
| 9) | Jan Drożdż, 26 years old, in Pliskowola, |
| 10) | Karol Włudyka, |
| 11) | Antoni Rybak, |
| 12) | Ludwik Mazgaj, in Łęg, |
| 13) | Jan Klimczak, in Strzegomek, |
| 14) | Michał Walczyk, in Osiek, |
| 15) | Edward Żyła, |
| 16) | Franciszek Kiciński, in Dzięki, |
| 17) | Jan Grzesiak, |
| 18) | Filip Maciąg, |
| 19) | Kacki, in Osiek, |
20) Stanisław Mierchowski,
21) Stanisław Słodkowski, 31 years old,
22) Zygmunt Kotlarski, 18 years old, in Bielec,
23) Wacław Osieczko,
24) Obara Andrzej.
4. Is it known what the victims were accused of, whether the execution was carried out in retaliation, etc.?
It is unknown.
5. Who carried out the execution (gendarmes, Gestapo men, SS men, policemen, the Wehrmacht)?
Gendarmes and Gestapo men.
6. Are the surnames of the perpetrators known (provide the surnames if known)?
No.
7. Were the corpses burnt or destroyed otherwise?
Probably in Czarny Las.
8. Where were the corpses buried (provide the exact location)?
In Strzegom: at the execution site, in a field; in other townships: at the parish cemetery in Osiek and Wiązownica, in single graves.
9. Description of the place of burial (graves, dimensions, estimated number of victims buried in one grave):
In Czarny Las the grave of the executed victims was destroyed without a trace, in Strzegom nine people are buried in a common grave, and the remaining victims are buried separately at the cemetery.
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 25 October 1945, the contents of the above questionnaire were officially confirmed by the head of Osiek commune, Jan Wiącek, with the Municipal Court in Staszów.
The site-plan of mass executions and mass graves – German crimes – in the township of Czarny Las, Osiek commune, in the Czajków forest district, Wiśniowa commune, drawn up at the site on 30 October 1945 by the President of the Municipal Court in Staszów.