MARIA RZESZOT

On 28 December 1945, in Radom, Kazimierz Borys, Investigating Judge from the Second District of the District Court in Radom, based in Radom, interviewed the person named below as an unsworn witness. Having been advised of the criminal liability for making false declarations, the witness testified as follows:


Name and surname Maria Rzeszot
Age 34 years old
Names of parents Adrzej and Stanisława
Place of residence Radom, Placowa Street 26
Occupation widow of an arms factory’s employee
Religious affiliation Roman Catholic
Criminal record none
Relationship to the parties none

On 14 October 1942 my husband, Adam Rzeszot, born on 15 February 1906, a turner at the Arms Factory in Radom, was executed by the Germans on the gallows near the Arms Factory in Radom.

I was at the execution site at 11.00 a.m. The bodies were still hanging from the gallows. Among the people hanged on the gallows I recognized my husband. He was hanging eighth. As well as my husband I also recognized: Jastrzębski, Dąbrówka, Kiełbowski, Ptaszyński and others whose names I don’t remember.

The bodies of the dead were left hanging until the late afternoon hours. Then they were taken to Firlej and buried.

I saw the board set up by the Germans at the execution site near the Arms Factory. I don’t remember what exactly the notice posted on the board said, but it followed from it that the people executed by the Germans had been bandits.

My husband was arrested by the Germans about three weeks before the execution. I don’t know what he was arrested for.

Having been shown a photograph of the people executed on the gallows near the Arms Factory, the witness testified as follows:

My husband is hanging eighth from the right.

The report was read out.