On 30 September 1947 in Łódź, Investigating Judge of the Third Region of the District Court in Łódź, S. Krzyżanowska, with the participation of court reporter Maria Adamczyk, heard the person named below as a 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 | Alina Paradowska |
Date of birth | 1 June 1924 |
Parents’ names | Wacław and Władysława |
Place of residence | Łódź, Wschodnia Street 31 flat 9 |
Occupation | illustrator – employee of “Film Polski” |
Religious affiliation | Roman Catholic |
Criminal record | none |
I | stayed from January 1943 to April 1944 in the Majdanek concentration camp. Among the |
names of the former crew members included in the list shown to me, I know Erich Muhsfeldt [who] was the head of the crematorium.
I know that Muhsfeldt played an active role in leading the Jews to the gas chambers; he took away their valuables, clothes, etc. I myself witnessed him leading a Jewish family to the crematorium. There were shots that I heard. Muhsfeldt also actively participated in the gassing of young Jewish children who, after the arrival of the transport, were taken away from their parents and sent to the gas chambers after three or four days. In 1944, I saw Muhsfeldt on the road playing an active role in the selection of Jewish Greeks brought to the camp and destined for execution.
Regarding the other surnames, I heard a lot from fellow prisoners, but I myself was not an eyewitness to these incidents, because the female laborers in the kommandos where I worked lived outside the main camp.
The report was read out.