QUESTIONNAIRE
on mass executions and mass graves
Township: Skaryszew
Commune: the Town of Skaryszew
District: Radom
Voivodeship: Kielce
1. Date and place of execution:
20 June 1944, the town of Skaryszew.
2. Type of execution (by shooting, by hanging, etc.):
By shooting.
3. Personal data of the murdered victims:
Poles, Jews, foreigners: Poles.
Number of murdered victims: Ten people. The victims were brought in from: From the Radom prison. Surname, age, occupation, address:
| 1) | Zygmunt Szczepanik, born on 11 May 1922, residing in Radom, Nowospacerowa Street 21, |
| 2) | Władysław Kłosowski, born on 25 January 1922, residing in Radom, Gliniana Street 22, |
| 3) | Marian Pąjak, born on 6 January 1926, residing in Radom, |
| 4) | Mieczysław Garbarczyk, born on 21 October 1924, residing in Radom, Drewniana Street 7, |
| 5) | Stanisław Bartkiewicz, born on 15 January 1924, residing in Radom, Przytycka Street 52, |
| 6) | Józef Szczepański, born on 18 October 1913, residing in Radom, Średnia Street 13, |
| 7) | Jerzy Maszczyk, born on 18 October 1926, residing in Radom, Ciasna Street 38, |
| 8) | Józef Korcz, born on 17 September 1923, residing in Kłonówek, Kuczki Commune, Radom District, |
| 9) | Władysław Wolczyński, 12 October 1924, residing in Wymysłów, Skaryszew Commune, |
10) Józef Wolczyński, born on 11 March 1927, residing in Wymysłów, Skaryszew Commune.
4. Is it known what the victims were accused of, whether the execution was carried out in retaliation, etc.?
It is unknown what the victims were accused of.
5. Who carried out the execution (gendarmerie, Gestapo, SS, police, Wehrmacht)?
Before the murder was committed, the Gestapo rounded up all the town residents to
the place of execution in order to spread fear.
6. Are the surnames of the perpetrators known (please provide the surnames)?
The surnames of the perpetrators are unknown.
7. Were the corpses burned or destroyed in any other way?
The corpses were buried in a field situated 100 m away from the place of execution.
8. Where were the corpses buried (exact location)?
In the town of Skaryszew, in the field of Jan Czapczyński.
9. Description of the grave(s) (size, estimated number of victims buried in one grave):
After the execution, pits were dug in the field and every person was buried in their
own grave.
10. Was there an official exhumation? Were the corpses buried officially, and if so, where?
The bodies were officially exhumed on 22 April 1945. The bodies of six victims from
Radom, except for Józef Szczepański, were removed from the graves and transferred to
the cemetery in Radom. The bodies of Szczepański, Wolczyński and Korcz were taken
away and buried at the cemetery in Skaryszew.
11. Are there any grounds for exhumation in the future?
Currently, there aren’t any.
On 4 October 1945, the contents of the above questionnaire were officially certified by Wacław Falkiewicz, the mayor of the Town of Skaryszew, with the Municipal Court in Radom.