Township: Zawichost
Commune: the town of Zawichost
District: Sandomierz
Voivodeship: Kielce
QUESTIONNAIRE
on mass executions and mass graves
1. Date and place of execution:
Around Christmas 1943 in Zawichost.
2. Type of execution (by shooting, by hanging, etc.):
By shooting.
3. Personal data of the murdered victims:
Poles, Jews, foreigners: Poles.
Number of murdered victims: 3 people.
The victims were brought in from: Arrested during a search for members of Polish
patriotic organizations.
Surname, age, occupation, address:
| 1) | Czesław Koniarz, born in 1922, locksmith, a resident of Zawichost, |
| 2) | Stanisław Szymański, born in 1921, locksmith, a resident of Zawichost, |
| 3) | Marian Borkowski, born in 1921, locksmith, a resident of Zawichost. |
| 4. | Is it known what the victims were accused of, whether the execution was carried out in retaliation, etc.? |
For belonging to Polish patriotic organizations.
5. Who carried out the execution (gendarmerie, Gestapo, SS, police, Wehrmacht)?
The gendarmerie and Gestapo.
6. Are the surnames of the perpetrators known (please provide the surnames)?
Witkowski (name unknown) and Franc (commonly known as such), both from the city
of Łódź, both German gendarmes.
7. Were the corpses burned or destroyed in any other way?
The corpses were collected by the families.
8. Where were the corpses buried (exact location)?
Zawichost.
9. Description of the grave(s) (size, estimated number of victims buried in one grave):
Normal graves.
10. Was there an official exhumation? Were the corpses buried officially, and if so, where?
No.
11. Are there any grounds for exhumation in the future?
No.
On 22 September 1945, the contents of the above questionnaire were officially certified by Henryk Łukasiewicz, the mayor of the town of Zawichost, with the Municipal Court in Sandomierz.