ANNA LERMER

On 11 March 1947, prosecutor from the Special Criminal Court in Kraków with its seat at Grodzka Street 52, this in the person of Deputy Prosecutor from the Ninth Region, Dr. Kordecki, and with the participation of a reporter, trainee judge Nowak, heard the person named below as a witness. Having been advised of the criminal liability for making false declarations and of the provisions of Article 107 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the witness testified as follows:


Name and surname Anna Lermer
Age 34 years old
Parents’ names Ignac and Sara
Place of residence Kraków, Smoleńsk Street 22, flat 7
Occupation office worker
Religious affiliation Jewish
Criminal record none
Relationship to the parties none

I met Luise Danz in the enamel factory in the Zabłocie district of Kraków, that is where I worked. Luise Danz was our overseer in the barracks. Although she didn’t have the right to divest us of underwear or bedsheets, she did it all the same, carrying out ruthless and meticulous searches. As an overseer, she was also forbidden to enter the factory premises during work hours, but she didn’t observe this rule – she came there to beat us and pull us by the hair, all this for no reason whatsoever.

She beat me without cause when I was joining my group, and my friend received a drubbing for having washed her striped prison clothes in the factory. She did it in such a bestial manner that people from the order police who witnessed the event rushed to my friend’s defence.

Luise Danz was ruthless, she kept beating us and forbade us to talk to Poles in the factory as she suspected us of carrying trade activities. Sometimes she would spend many hours watching us solely for this reason.

The report was read out and signed.