On 7 October 1980 in Białystok Halina Nowakowska, judge of the District Court in Białystok, delegated to the District Commission for the Investigation of Hitlerite Crimes in Białystok, proceeding in accordance with the provisions of Article 4 of the decree of 10 November 1945 (Journal of Laws No. 57, item 293) and Article 129 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, interviewed the person named below as a witness. Having been advised of the criminal liability for making false statements, the witness confirmed with his own signature that he had been informed of this liability (Article 172 of the Code of Criminal Procedure). The witness then testified as follows:
| Name and surname | Walenty Niemira |
| Parents’ names | Julian and Teofila |
| Date and place of birth | 7 September 1910, the village of Skłody-Stare [Skłody-Stachy] |
| Place of residence | Zaręby Kościelne |
| Occupation | laborer |
| Education | 2 years of elementary school |
| Criminal record for perjury | none |
| Relationship to the parties | none |
During the Hitlerite occupation I was living with my family in the village of Świerże- Kończany. Our village was administratively subordinate to the gendarmerie station in Zaręby Kościelne, with the Amtskommissar holding office in Jasienica.
I don’t recall the exact date, but one morning in the autumn of 1943 I left my house for Zaręby Kościelne to card wool. On my way I was passing through the village of Skłody-Piotrowice. At one point I heard some commotion and the loud barking of dogs coming from the direction of Hieronim Skłodowski’s house, which was located in this settlement. I paused to find out what was going on there. The place where I stopped was about 500 meters from Skłodowski’s property in a straight line. As I stood there, I heard a gunshot. I got scared and decided not to go any further and instead return home.
I was at home only for a very short time, because I learned that several men from our village were taken by the gendarmes to the village of Skłody-Piotrowice. So I left my buildings and went to the village of Leśniewek [Świerże-Leśniewek], because I was afraid that the gendarmes might take me as well.
In the evening I returned home and learned from eyewitnesses what had happened on Skłodowski’s property. They told me that farmers from our village were ordered by the gendarmes to remove grain from Skłodowski’s barn, during which a hideout was discovered in the corner underneath the grain. Because of that the Amtskommissar from Jasienica, who took part in the raid, first shot Hieronim Skłodowski and then his mother, who was lying in bed. The remaining family members, that is: his wife, children and sister, were taken to the jail in Jasienica. The reason for Skłodowski’s shooting, according to residents of our village, was the fact that Jews were sheltering in his barn. On the day when the events I am describing happened, there were no Jews there. I do not know what happened to those Jews.
I also heard that, that same day I suppose, that same Amtskommissar shot Stefania Pieńkowska in the village of Skłody-Piotrowice. I do not know the circumstances of her shooting. I only know that the reason was that meat was found in their home which came from a hog slaughtered by her family. During that time it was illegal to possess meat from private slaughter. Stefania Pieńkowska was a farmer, about 40 years of age. Her body was buried on the site of her shooting, I do not know who buried it. People would say that gendarmes from the stations in Zaręby Kościelne, Jasienica and Andrzejewo participated in this action.