13 August 1970, County Court in Olsztyn. Case concerning the provision of legal assistance to the District Commission for the Investigation of Hitlerite Crimes in Olsztyn.
File no.: Kp.p. 6/70
Present: Judge S. P. T. Rink, Reporter: Court Officer J. Glinka
The following appeared at the session: Artur Słuchoński
The judge advised the witness of the criminal liability for making false declarations and of the provisions of Article 94 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, whereupon the witness testified as follows:
| Name and surname | Artur Słuchoński |
| Parents’ names | Mikołaj and Helena, née Różycka |
| Date of birth | 2 March 1898 |
| Place of residence | Olsztyn, 21 Szymanowskiego Street, flat 2 |
| Occupation | old-age pensioner |
| Criminal record | none |
| Relationship to the parties | none |
Whereupon the judge instructed the witness about his right to refuse to answer questions, this pursuant to the provisions of Article 96 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, and about the importance of the oath, proceeding to take an oath therefrom in accordance with the provisions of Article 100 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The witness testified as follows.
Early on during the German occupation, until the end of 1939, I lived in Warsaw, while in 1940 I moved to Komorów, District of Ostrów Mazowiecka. I also lived in Brok and Wąsewo, District of Ostrów Mazowiecka.
Following the liberation, I was made commandant of the People’s Militia station in Zaręby Kościelne, District of Ostrów Mazowiecka, and served in this capacity until 1946. It was then that I learned that during the occupation the village leader of the aforementioned township was one Majewski, whose name I do not remember, who throughout the Hitlerite occupation hid Jews in his farm buildings, namely Grynszpan, whose name was – I think – Abraham, his wife, whose name I do not know, his son Icek, and his two daughters, whose names I also do not know. I talked about this matter after the liberation with Grynszpan himself, for he had survived the War along with his family. He and his family were hidden in a cowshed, in a specially dug cellar that no one apart from Majewski knew existed. Grynszpan told me that he was eternally grateful to Majewski for having concealed him during the occupation. Grynszpan was the owner of a steam mill, and was around 60 at the time. He was from the township of Zaręby Kościelne, and that was where he was hidden throughout the entire occupation. Majewski supplied him and his family with food. Following the liberation, Grynszpan was shot and wounded on the road by a gang of thugs who were prowling the area. I found him lying in a pool of blood and took him back to his flat, where he died after a few minutes. His family emigrated to Canada. I do not know their present address.
In the years 1945–1946, I met Abram Bułeczka and Marian Szczuczyner in Ostrów Mazowiecka. They were of Jewish origin and they told me that they had survived the occupation because the local Polish residents had hidden them and their families in the forests near Długosiodło, District of Ostrów Mazowiecka. I do not know the names and surnames of the people who concealed them. Bułeczka was around 35 years old at the time; he was a baker and lived in Ostrów Mazowiecka. I ran into him again some five years ago, and he was living there with his family. From what I know, he died last year. His wife, who was Polish, left Ostrów Mazowiecka and in all probability moved to Warsaw. Marian Szczuczyner was around 50 then. He owned an oil mill, and after the War he left for Palestine together with his family.
The facts which I have provided can be confirmed by various citizens of Ostrów Mazowiecka and Zaręby Kościelne, among them Julian Rytel, who lives in Ostrów Mazowiecka and owns Grynszpan’s former mill, and other persons.
I have signed the present report, which was read out to myself and is concordant with my testimony.
The court decided to send the witness interview report to the District Commission for the Investigation of Hitlerite Crimes in Olsztyn.