On 13 July 1988 at 9:30, Tadeusz Zieliński, a Provincial Deputy Public Prosecutor delegated to the Regional Public Prosecutor’s Office in Ostrów Mazowiecka, interviewed the person mentioned hereunder as a witness. The witness was advised of the criminal liability for making false declarations (Article 247, §1 of the Criminal Code), whereupon he confirmed with his own handwritten signature that he had been so advised (Article 172 of the Code of Criminal Procedure), and thereafter testified as follows:
| Name and surname | Tadeusz Wędzik, pseudonym “Wolny” |
| Parents’ names | Józef i Justyna |
| Date and place of birth | 27 December 1921, Biel, Commune of Małkinia |
| Place of residence | Biel, Commune of Ostrów Mazowiecka (07-300) |
| Employment | old-age pensioner |
| Education | four classes of primary school |
| Criminal record | none |
| Relationship to the parties | none |
I have been living in Biel ever since I was born. During the German occupation, that is from 1941 until the end of the War, I worked on the railroad in Małkinia (as a rail track laborer). The track-layers’ foreman was one Szymański. Where he lived and whether he is still alive, I cannot say. Apart from me, no one else from Biel worked on that section of track at the time. I performed work on the Biel-Małkinia section of the railway line.
I remember that in 1943, while I was working on the railway line near Biel, I saw German soldiers shoot dead three Soviet POWs, who were then buried in the forest in Biel. I do not know the surnames of those shot or of their killers. I cannot say if the bodies of these victims were exhumed.
Furthermore, in 1942 I witnessed the Germans taking Poles to the forest in Biel and shooting them there. Once the Germans left, I would go into the forest and see the hair of the murdered victims. People said that they were from Nagoszewka and Nagoszewo. I do not know how many people were killed at the time. A memorial to the murdered victims now stands near the spot.
On the same day, a motor car drove up after the truck had left. Two men were tied to its mudguards. The Germans untied them and then shot them in the very same forest. I think they were Poles, for their bodies were collected by Polish wives. I do not know the surnames of the murdered victims or of their wives.
I remember that once, in the spring of 1943 or 1944, the gendarmes from Ostrów Mazowiecka executed a midwife from the hospital in Ostrów near the town.
During the occupation I did not provide help to Jews in acquiring food or crossing the German-Soviet border. However, I did witness the Germans killing five Jews in Małkinia. I did not know the murdered Jews, nor am I aware of the surnames of the Germans. This happened in 1942 or 1943. The bodies of the Jews were taken to Treblinka. Similar incidents took place in the gravel-pit in Treblinka. I was present when three Jews were killed there with shovels. I do not know the surnames of these Jews or of the Germans.
During the occupation, I was a courier with the Polish partisans, supplying them with dressings, drugs and information about German outposts. I did not provide assistance to the Soviet partisans. I am a member of ZBoWiD (Society of Fighters for Freedom and Democracy), as can be evidenced from my card, no. 0461131, which I hereby present.
The report was read out on 13 July 1988 at 10:20.
Having signed the report, I would like to provide additional testimony, for I have remembered one more fact, namely that in 1942 or 1943, a freight train carrying Jews drew into Małkinia station. The Germans shot six Jews from this transport. Additionally, one other Jew was already dead, so in total I saw seven dead Jews from the transport.
The report was read out.