STEFAN BOMBA

Kielce, 26 August 1948. Marian Poniewierka from the Citizens’ Militia Station in Kielce, acting on the instructions of the Prosecutor from the District Court in Kielce, with the participation of reporter Stefan Młodawski, heard the person named below as a witness. Having been advised of the criminal liability for making false declarations and of the wording of Article 140 of the Penal Code, the witness testified as follows:


Name and surname Stefan Bomba
Parents’ names Jan and Florentyna, née Grzybek
Age 30 years old
Place of birth Łochów, Włoszczowa district
Religious affiliation Roman Catholic
Occupation employee of the Polish State Railways
Place of residence Kielce, Jasna Street 3

The camp was established in 1942 and closed in 1943. There were only Jews in that camp.

There might have been some 3,000 prisoners in the camp. No additional people were brought to the camp during the period of its operation. When it was liquidated, the Jews were transported somewhere else, in an unknown direction.

The prisoners worked in factories and at road works, and performed other tasks as well. They led a very miserable life.

There was an infirmary and a hospital in the camp. The prisoners received medical assistance.

I don’t know what the death rate in the camp was, but for certain it was very high. The prisoners were beaten, murdered and shot. They were treated in a hideous manner. The corpses were buried, not destroyed. No material evidence survived.

I don’t know any surnames of the people who were imprisoned in the camp. The head of the camp and its functionaries were: Stauchman, Stachanowski, Gaier, Witek, and others whose surnames I don’t know.

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