JAN WYKUP

On 16 July 1948 the Magistrates’ Court in Kozienice, with Judge J. Schmidt presiding and with the participation of a reporter, J. Miernik, interviewed the person mentioned hereunder as a witness, without taking an oath. Having been advised of the criminal liability for making false declarations and of the provisions of Article 107 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the witness testified as follows:


Name and surname Jan Wykup
Age 60 years old
Parents’ names Jan and Marianna
Place of residence Pionki, Leśkiewicza Square 21
Occupation stoker at PNP Pionki
Religion Roman Catholic
Criminal record none
Relationship to the parties none

I don’t remember exactly when the camp in Pionki was set up – I think it was in the years 1942/43. The camp was located in a forest and fenced with barbed wire. It comprised a dozen or so barracks – converted warehouses of PNP Pionki. The inmates of the facility were Jews only. I myself never entered the camp; since, however, I worked as a stoker at the plant, I would every day meet a Jew by the surname of Stoeger. He was from Kraków and had been assigned by the camp authorities to transport coal in carts to the boiler house.

Everything that I know about the camp, I learned from Stoeger. On a number of occasions I gave him kasha or bread.

Following partial utilization of the public appeal, the Court has decided to return the case files to the District Commission for the Investigation of German Crimes in Radom, this due to the fact that the witness, Mr Grabczyk, has by now moved to the west of Poland (to the “Recovered Lands”).