DUDKA STANISŁAW

13 February 1950, Warsaw. Trainee Judge Irena Skonieczna, acting as a member of the Main Commission for the Investigation of German Crimes in Poland, interviewed the person named below as a witness, who testified as follows:


Name and surname Stanisław Dudka
Date and place of birth 4 January 1915, Mysiadło, county of Warsaw
Parents’ names Andrzej and Anna, née Dwojakowska
Father’s occupation Laborer
State affiliation and nationality Polish
Religious affiliation Catholic
Education Elementary school
Place of residence Mazowiecka Street 4, flat 29
Criminal record None

At the moment when the Warsaw Uprising began, I was in the house at Mazowiecka Street 4, where I stayed until the seizure of this area by the Germans on 8 September 1944. Ours was the only house on the even-numbered side of the street occupied by the insurgents. The insurgents from our house managed to withdraw in the direction of Napolena Square. However, three of them, young healthy boys, failed to retreat and had to stay. The Germans came into the house in the afternoon and told us to come out. After our departure, there were the three insurgents and a paralyzed woman left in the house. The latter probably worked as a janitor at Świętokrzyska Street 20. Even before the residents were thrown out of the house into the basement, in which the civilians were gathered, the Germans threw grenades inside. Fortunately, the grenades didn’t cause any serious damage. The Germans led us out onto Ossolińskich Street, from where the men were taken for various types of work. I was employed at building a barricade near our house. Once there, I was ordered to bury the bodies of three young men. These were the bodies of the three insurgents who had stayed in our house. I do not know what happened to the paralyzed woman. I didn’t see her dead body.

I spent four days working on Traugutta and the surrounding streets. After that the Germans led us to the church in Wola, from where we were taken to Pruszków.

The women and children from our group had already been transferred to Pruszków.

At this point, the report was brought to a close and read out.