BOLESŁAW BARAŃSKI

Ruda Maleniecka, 10 October 1947. At 8:00 AM, I, Stefan Bancerz from the Citizens’ Militia station in Ruda Maleniecka, interviewed the person named below as a witness. Having been advised of the significance of the oath [and of] the right [to] refuse testimony for reasons listed in Article 104 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, [as well as of] the liability for making false declarations in accordance with Article 107 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the witness was sworn and testified as follows:


Name and surname Bolesław Barański
Parents’ names Wojciech and Franciszka
Age 41
Place of birth Łódź
Religious affiliation Roman Catholic
Occupation forest ranger
Place of residence Ranger’s lodge Lewki, Ruda Maleniecka commune
Relationship to the parties none

In September 1944, a 10,000-strong unit of Polish partisans stayed for three days in State Forests in the village of Lewki, Ruda Maleniecka commune. After the units had left, two Polish partisans came and announced that a Polish partisan, whose name they didn’t give me, was buried in my walk of the forest. In 1945, the [dead partisan’s] family arrived; they recognized their son and buried him in the cemetery in Lipa, Ruda Maleniecka commune. I don’t know the reason why he was killed because I didn’t see [it happen], nor did I know what his name was. When his family recognized him, [it turned out that] his name was Adam Jaskólski.