ROMAN MUCHA

On 23 September 1947 in Sosnowiec, the Municipal Court in Sosnowiec, Criminal Section, with Judge J. Falkowski presiding and with the participation of a reporter, Trainee Judge D. Starostecka, heard the person named below as an unsworn witness. Having been advised of the criminal liability for making false declarations and of the wording of Article 107 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the witness testified as follows:


Name and surname Roman Mucha
Age 40
Parents’ names Izydor and Maria, n ée Antonik
Place of residence Sosnowiec, Warszawska Street 22b
Occupation merchant
Criminal record none
Relationship to the parties none

In the photograph of Fritz Wilhelm Buntrock shown to me, I recognize him as the former Kommandoführer [kommando leader] in the camp in Dora, Germany, where I stayed from September 1944 until 31 March 1945. I don’t remember the name of the person in the photo shown to me; I recognize him only by appearance.

The person shown to me in the photograph as the Kommandoführer in the Dora camp terrorized all the internees. I witnessed him beat three prisoners of the camp, Poles, for finding a few potatoes in their pockets.

I would like to mention that I stayed in the Auschwitz concentration camp from January 1943 until the end of March 1944, but I don’t recall Buntrock from Auschwitz, whereas Andrzej Suchojak, resident in Sosnowiec, Daleka Street 4a, as I know from talking with him, knew Buntrock and could give a lot of information about his conduct towards the Polish prisoners.

The report was read out.