Township: the town of Zawichost
Commune: Zawichost
District: Sandomierz
Voivodeship: Kielce
QUESTIONNAIRE
on mass executions and mass graves
1. Date and place of execution:
24 October 1943.
2. Type of execution (by shooting, by hanging, etc.):
By shooting.
3. Personal data of the murdered victims:
Poles, Jews, foreigners: Only Jews.
Number of murdered victims: About 20 people.
The victims were brought in from: Victims from the local ghetto.
Surname, age, occupation, address: Unknown.
4. Is it known what the victims were accused of, whether the execution was carried out in retaliation, etc.?
The execution was carried out because the victims were not fit for transport due to
diseases and disabilities.
5. Who carried out the execution (gendarmerie, Gestapo, SS, police, Wehrmacht)?
The gendarmerie and members of auxiliary forces consisting only of Ukrainians.
6. Are the surnames of the perpetrators known (please provide the surnames)?
Unknown.
7. Were the corpses burned or destroyed in any other way?
The corpses were first buried, and then exhumed and burned on the spot.
8. Where were the corpses buried (exact location)?
At the local Jewish cemetery.
9. Description of the grave(s) (size, estimated number of victims buried in one grave):
The grave does not exist anymore because the corpses were exhumed and burned.
There were 20 victims.
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.
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.