WŁADYSŁAW STĘPIEŃ

In Wielgomłyny on this day, 20 September 1948, at 11.30 a.m., functionary Mariusz Bijak from the Citizen’s Militia Station in Wielgomłyny, with the participation of reporter Józef Maj, a militiaman from the local station, heard the person named below as a witness. Having been advised of the criminal liability for making false declarations and of the wording of Article 140 of the Penal Code, the witness testified as follows:


Name and surname Władysław Stępień
Parents’ names Franciszek and Józefa
Age 48 years old
Place of birth Wielgomłyny
Religious affiliation Roman Catholic
Occupation farmer
Place of residence Wielgomłyny, Radomsko district
Relationship to the parties none

I know that one evening in August 1943 (I don’t remember the exact date), a group of German gendarmes arrived in Wielgomłyny. From Wielgomłyny they went on foot towards the village of Krzętów. About an hour and a half later, we could see the light of rockets being fired and hear rifle shooting.

On the morning of the next day, I learned that three people had been shot by the gendarmes in a field by the village of Krzętów. I also know that one of these men was only wounded, but the gendarmes finished him off with the butts of their rifles.

I would like to provide the names of the people who had been shot by the gendarmes: Henryk Lamkamer, Mieczysław Lamkamer, and Gajewski, all residents of Przedbórz.

I have nothing more to add.

At this the report was concluded, read out and signed.