KATARZYNA WOŚ

In Kielce, on 14 April 1948, at 12:00 PM, I, Stefan Młodawski from the Citizens’ Militia station in Kielce, acting pursuant to Article 20 of the provisions introducing the Code of Criminal Procedure, while observing the formalities listed in Articles 235–240, 258, and 259 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, with the participation of a reporter, in the presence of the witnesses: Tadeusz Czapiński (residing in Kielce [at] Legionów Street 4) [and] Helena Woś (residing in Kielce [at] Legionów Street 4), whom I instructed about the obligation to certify the compliance of the Protocol with the course of procedure by their signature, heard the person named below as a witness. Having been advised about the right to refuse to testify for reasons mentioned in Article 104 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, [and about] the liability for making false declarations in accordance with Article 140 of the Penal Code, the witness stated:


Name and surname Katarzyna Woś
Parents’ names Mikołaj and Małgorzata née Warynek
Date and place of birth 18 March 1890, in Ponikwa, Kozienice district
Religious affiliation Roman Catholic
Occupation housewife
Place of residence Kielce, Legionów Street 4
Relationship to the parties mother

Regarding the present case, I have the following knowledge. On 14 October 1943, the Gestapo came with a confidante by the surname of Nowak. They took [my] son and put him in the prison in Kielce, where he stayed until 18 November 1943.

On 18 November, ten prisoners were taken from the prison to St. Adalbert’s Church. They were led out in fives with their hands tied behind their backs, lined up against the wall, told to kneel down and face the wall, and they were shot.

I don’t know what [my son was arrested] for. They were shot [in retaliation] for the killing of a military policeman on Bodzentyńska Street the day before. The executions were carried out by the military policemen and the Gestapo. The executed were buried on the spot by St. Adalbert’s Church, and after the liberation of Poland, they were transported to the War Heroes’ Cemetery. I don’t know the surnames of the Germans who carried out the execution.

The report was concluded, read out, and signed.