MARIA PARKITNA

Nowa Wieś, 28 November 1948

Interviewed as a witness:


Name and surname Maria Parkitna
Parents’ names Franciszek and Antonina, née Skowron
Date and place of birth 18 August 1919, Kamyk, Częstochowa district
Citizenship and nationality Polish
Religious affiliation Roman Catholic
Marital status married
Place of residence Nowa Wieś, Kamyk commune

In May 1943, the Germans brought 20 hostages to Nowa Wieś, with the intention of hanging them – I was told so by one of the German torturers, who forced people from their flats and herded them to the execution site. I didn’t want to go, but when I was threatened with death, I complied. At the site I saw that the unfortunate souls were forced to dig pits. When the convicts built a gallows, 10 of them were placed under it, and the other ten had to fasten nooses around their necks. I don’t remember what happened next, as I couldn’t bear the sight and felt that I was going to be sick. When I came round, I saw that the executioners were ordering that the murdered people be loaded onto a car, and then they left in the direction of Kamyk.