STEFANIA JASKÓLSKA

On 26 September 1947 in Poznań, the Municipal Court in Poznań, Second Penal Division, with Judge Edmund Schaeffer presiding and with the participation of a reporter, Nowicki, heard the person named below as a witness. Having advised the witness of the criminal liability for making false declarations, of the wording of Art. 107 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, and of the significance of the oath, the judge swore the witness in in accordance with Art. 111 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, whereupon the witness testified as follows:


Name and surname Stefania Jaskólska
Age 55
Parents’ names Jakub and Maria, née Janicka
Place of residence Chocicza, Śrem county
Occupation teacher
Religious affiliation Roman Catholic
Criminal record none
Relationship to the parties none

I met the accused Maria Mandl in 1940 at Ravensbrück. The accused first oversaw the bunker and then became the chief overseer of the Ravensbrück concentration camp. Over a dozen times I saw the accused beat and kick prisoners. She would kick [people] especially in their lower abdomen with heavy boots. The accused Maria Mandl enjoyed the worst reputation, that of a sadist, among the prisoners.

I am moreover naming Franciszka Myszka, living in Rogoźno (Wielkopolska), as a witness, who is familiar with Mandl’s mistreatment of the prisoners.

The report was read out, accepted, and signed.