On 6 October 1947, the Municipal Court in Tarnowskie Góry, Fifth Branch, with Judge [illegible] presiding, heard the person named below as an unsworn witness. Having been advised of the criminal liability for making false declarations, the witness testified as follows:
| Name and surname | Julian Grabski |
| Age | 51 |
| Parents’ names | Franciszek and Teofila |
| Place of residence | Tarnowskie Góry, Lasowicka Street 17 |
| Occupation | railwayman |
| Criminal record | no |
| Relationship to the parties | none |
I was in Auschwitz from June 1940 until December 1944. During that time, I met the following members of the Auschwitz crew:
1) Hans Aumeier. He was the Lagerführer [camp leader] and had a hostile attitude towards the prisoners. I was a witness to him beating prisoners for not showing him enough respect. He personally inspected the prisoners and when he saw that during the winter someone had some paper under a shirt, socks or other things put there to keep in the heat, he would take these things away from the prisoner and beat him.
2) Max Grabner worked in the Political Department, but what function he served, I don’t know. Once I saw him badly beat a prisoner who was picking some garbage from the rubbish pile – potato and swede peels.
3) Johannes Marxten was the head of the Schmiede-Landwirschaftskommando. I worked as a blacksmith in this kommando for about four years. I consider Marxten a loyal taskmaster; he didn’t harm anyone on his own initiative.
I remember one incident involving him, this was in 1943. He brought three Jews to me in the workshop and ordered us to kill them. I said I wouldn’t do it, let him kill them himself. He then told me to put a cannon axle into the fire, then take it out and told the Jews to beat the hot iron with hammers. The hammers were very heavy. When the Jews beat the iron, Marxten – along with a kapo – beat the Jews on the back and head with sticks. After this abuse, he ordered me to kill the Jews again and I refused again. The Jews stayed in the workshop until the end of the day, but on the second day they were so badly hurt that they went to the hospital. What happened to them, I don’t know. I asked Marxten what he beat them for. He told me that the Jews had dollars. One of the block leaders found these dollars on them. When asked why they needed this money, they said they wanted to give it to Marxten to have better conditions. Marxten found out about this and beat them up.
The report was read out.