ANDRZEJ ŚCISŁO

Township: Staszów
Commune: Staszów
District: Sandomierz
Voivodeship: Kielce

QUESTIONNAIRE ON CAMPS

1. Name of the camp:

Ghetto.

2. Location of the camp:

Side streets on the east and west side of the city.

3. Size of the camp:

10 restricted streets.

4. Date of establishment of the camp:

7 July 1942.

5. Date of closure of the camp:

8 November 1942.

6. Were the prisoners only Poles, only Jews from Poland, or Poles and Jews from Poland?

Only Jews.

7. Were there any foreigners in the camp? Of what nationality? Were there any Jews from abroad? How many?

From Austria and Germany.

8. What was the average number of prisoners in the camp?

About 7000.

9. What is the total number of prisoners who passed through the camp while it operated?

Up to 8000.

10. What happened with the prisoners upon liquidation of the camp?

They were displaced and some of them were shot dead during the transport.

11. Did the prisoners work in the camp (type of work performed, types of workshops)?

About 200 people were permanently employed in a company called Oemler, where they

built roads.

12. Did the prisoners work outside the camp? What did they do and where?

They worked on the Chmielnik–Sandomierz road.

13. What food did the prisoners receive?

Not enough; they also fed on their own supplies.

14. Was there an infirmary or a hospital in the camp?

Yes.

15. Were there any epidemics in the camp (if yes, what kind)?

Typhus and typhoid fever.

16. Are any data on the death rate in the camp available?

Isolated cases.

17. Were there any executions in or outside the camp? How was it done?

There were cases of executions by shooting.

18. Were the corpses destroyed? How and where?

They were buried at the local Jewish cemetery.

19. Was there a crematorium in the camp?

No.

20. Was the burial site of the murdered and dead victims determined? (Please indicate the location.)

A mass grave with about 450 people shot dead during a displacement operation

and another one with groups of 10 to 30 people are located at the Jewish cemetery

in Staszów.

21. Current condition of the camp – what was destroyed; what is located on the site of the camp?

The emptied apartments in the ghetto were occupied by their previous owners and all

the traces were covered.

22. Has any material evidence survived from the camp (documents, items belonging to people who got murdered, etc.)? (Type, place of storage, has it been secured?)

There is nothing left.

23. Do you know the surnames or addresses of people who were kept in the camp? (If yes, please provide them.)

No data due to the destruction of books and registers of the residents.

24. Do you know the names of the Germans, the head of the camp, or other functionaries? (Please provide their names and ranks.)

Unknown.

On 5 October 1945, the contents of the above questionnaire were officially certified by the mayor of the city of Staszów, Andrzej Ścisło, with the Municipal Court in Staszów.