POLA BLUM

On 4 April 1947 in Dzierżoniów, the Municipal Court in Dzierżoniów, Second Branch, with Judge Slosarek presiding and with the participation of a reporter, court trainee A. Gronkiewicz, heard the person named below as a witness. 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 Pola Blum
Age 21 years old
Parents’ names Zalman and Maria, née Borensztajn
Place of residence Piotrolesie, Stalina Street 13
Occupation housewife
Religious affiliation Jewish
Criminal record none
Relationship to the parties none

The deported was incarcerated in the Auschwitz camp at the time when Drechsel was the camp commandant. This commandant treated the prisoners very brutally for no reason whatsoever; when she didn’t like something, she would beat the prisoners and send them to block 25, from where they were sent to the crematoria. She didn’t particularly harass the deported since the deported did everything to avoid being punished; however, when she punished the entire block and ordered the prisoners to do some exhausting exercises, the deported also had to do them. The deported didn’t come into direct contact with the defendant Mandl, but she heard from other prisoners that she was also very brutal in her treatment of the imprisoned women.