WACŁAW MAKOWIECKI

On 31 May 1947 in Zwoleń, the District Commission for the Investigation of German Crimes with its seat in Radom, this in the person of lawyer Marian Marszałek, acting pursuant to Article 20 of the provisions introducing the Code of Criminal Procedure, interviewed the person mentioned hereunder as a witness, without taking an oath. Having advised the witness of the criminal liability for making false declarations, of the provisions of Article 106 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, and of the significance of the oath, lawyer Marian Marszałek took an oath therefrom pursuant to the provisions of Article 254.1 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, following which the witness testified as follows:


Name and surname Wacław Makowiecki
Age 30 years old
Parents’ names Marceli and Stanisława
Place of residence Zwoleń, Krakowska Street
Occupation tailor
Religion Roman Catholic
Criminal record none

I have been living in Zwoleń since the day I was born. I was here throughout the German occupation. I witnessed the execution of a group of Poles on Good Friday 1943. People were herded from the church and nearby houses to watch the shooting. My apprentices had to uncuff the bodies, for they were shackled. I myself was arrested in 1944, however they released me after the interrogation. A large round-up was organized at the time. Some 50 people were detained; some were released, while the others were murdered in Zwoleń.

Volksdeutschers gave the Germans information about which Poles to arrest. I know of two such men: Józef Jaroszek from Zwoleń and his son Karol. SS men would visit them every week in order to receive reports. They fled along with the Germans. I witnessed the liquidation of the ghetto in Zwoleń. I saw a large group of Jews, around 10,000, being driven to Garbatka on foot. They were shot at along the way, and many of them were killed. During my interrogation in prison, I was asked about my acquaintances and the organizations to which I purportedly belonged. At the time, they killed Czesław Flak, Al. Popielewski, Teofil Prod [?], and a great many others.