Commission for the Investigation of Hitlerite Crimes in Białystok
Ostrów Mazowiecka. On 2 July 1988 at 9:30 in Ostrów Mazowiecka, T. Zieliński, a Provincial Deputy Public Prosecutor delegated to the Regional Public Prosecutor’s Office in Ostrów Mazowiecka, acting pursuant to the provisions of Article 4 of the Decree dated 10 November 1945 (Journal of Laws No. 51, Item 293) and of Article 129 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, personally interviewed the person mentioned hereunder as a witness. The witness was advised of the criminal liability for making false declarations (Article 247, §1 of the Criminal Code), whereupon he confirmed with his own handwritten signature that he had been so advised (Article 172 of the Code of Criminal Procedure), and thereafter testified as follows:
| Name and surname | Stanisław Wilczyński, pseudonym “Wilk” |
| Parents’ names | Ignacy and Wiktoria, née Malec |
| Date and place of birth | 1 April 1924, Biel, Commune of Małkinia |
| Place of residence | [...], Ostrów Mazowiecka (07-300) |
| Occupation | old-age pensioner |
| Education | elementary school |
| Criminal record | none |
| Relationship to the parties | none |
I resided in Biel, Commune of Małkinia, from birth right until the end of World War II. After the War, I married Helena Brzózka, resident in Ugniewo, Commune of Ostrów Mazowiecka, and lived there until 1958. From 1958 to 1962, I lived in Daniszewo, Commune of Rzekuń, Province of Ostrołęka. I have been residing in Biel from 1962 to the present day. This is where I spent the entire German occupation.
I remember that from 1940 to 1942, I worked as a roadman on the section between Ostrów Mazowiecka and Orło, Commune of Małkinia. My co-workers were Władysław Duda (deceased), Władysław Kostrzewa (deceased), Bolesław Kostrzewa, Antoczenko and Tadeusz Wędzik (the latter is still alive and resides in Biel). While working there in 1941, I saw the Germans herding Soviet soldiers, prisoners of war, along the road from Małkinia towards Ostrów Mazowiecka. The column comprised some 2,000 soldiers. This took place over a dozen or so days. Right before my eyes, a German soldier shot a Soviet POW and left him in the forest. Władysław Duda and I assisted in his burial.
There were no other such incidents during the time I worked on this section of road. The German who shot the Soviet soldier was a private. I do not know his surname nor the unit in which he served. He was not a gendarme from Ostrów Mazowiecka. I did not witness shootings of Soviet POWs by the gendarmes from Ostrów Mazowiecka. I do not know the surname of the Soviet soldier who was killed.
In the years 1943–1944, I worked on the railway in Małkinia. In 1943, a German soldier killed a Jew from a transport to Treblinka with his bayonet – right before my eyes. The Jew was then placed in one of the railway cars bound for Treblinka. I do not know the surname of either the German or the Jew. I do not remember the surnames of the Poles who worked with me.
Furthermore, in the years 1940–1945, Poles were executed by firing squad in the forests of Biel; from what I know, some 60 people in all. I do not know their surnames. The same goes for the killers – the Hitlerites. I did not take part in burying the murdered victims. I recollect that in 1942, after these Poles had been shot, a lawyer’s wife came up and took her husband’s body with her. She stated that her husband had been a lawyer. I do not know their surnames. This was also witnessed by Władysław Duda, presently deceased.
I did not provide help to the Jews during the occupation. There were sporadic instances of people aiding the Polish and Soviet partisans, this by giving them food and informing them about the location of German outposts. I am unable to provide any surnames of Polish or Soviet partisans. I do know that Tadeusz Wędzik and his brother, Władysław Wędzik, helped Jews in acquiring food and crossing the German-Soviet border. I did not take part in this.
But I do remember one other fact: namely, in 1943, Polish partisans killed the German starost in Ostrów Mazowiecka. I was in Ostrów Mazowiecka that day. Following the assassination the Germans organized a roundup, during which they caught 26 Poles and took them to the forests near the village of Guty-Bujno close to Prosienica. I later learned that they shot those people there. But I do not know the surnames of the Poles who were caught and executed, nor of the Germans who carried out the killing.
The report was read out.
The interview was brought to a close on 2 July 1988 at 10:30.