MARIAN MAKOWSKI

Kielce, 31 July 1948, 12.00 p.m. I, Marian Poniewierka from the Citizens’ Militia Station in Kielce, with the participation of court reporter Stefan Młodawski, whom I advised of the obligation to attest to the conformity of the report with the actual course of the present procedure by his own signature, heard the person named below as a witness. Having been advised of the right to refuse to testify for the reasons set forward in Article 104 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, and of the criminal liability for making false declarations, this pursuant to the provisions of Article 140 of the Penal Code, the witness testified as follows:


Name and surname Marian Makowski
Parents’ names Józef and Józefa, née Śliwa
Age 24 years old
Date of birth 1 December 1924
Place of birth Kielce
Religious affiliation Roman Catholic
Occupation office worker
Place of residence Kielce, Głęboczka Street 25

After the liquidation of the Ghetto, a camp was established in 1943. It was closed in 1944. In the camp by the Huta Ludwików [a foundry] railway line there were only Jews, and the other camp was for Russian prisoners of war.

On average, there were some 500 prisoners in both camps. This number didn’t change as no new prisoners were brought. All prisoners from the camp were deported in an unknown direction.

The prisoners did physical work in Huta Ludwików. They lived in deplorable conditions.

There was an infirmary in the camp and the prisoners received medical assistance. As for the death rate in the camp, 15 people were executed by hanging and shooting. The prisoners were treated worse than dogs, they were beaten and harassed. The corpses were buried outside Huta Ludwików.

No material evidence survived.

The surnames of the people who were imprisoned in the camp: Wadliferat, Cuker, Sokołowskis, Pronowski, Grymbland, Krauze and many others. The surnames of the Germans: Mak Wachführer, Gyper, Kaizer, Dedek, Fuss and others.

At this the report was concluded, read out and signed.