Jadwiga Nowak
Class 6
Public Elementary School in Michałów
Styków commune, Iłża district
Michałów, 7 November 1946
Memories of German crimes
Seven years have passed since the battle of blood and life began. The Germans mercilessly tormented the Poles, sending masses of people to Auschwitz and other concentration camps. The prisoners were tortured by the merciless guards and died in agony, and were then deeply mourned by their loved ones.
[The Germans] killed young people in various ways. People were murdered both in the cities and in the countryside. The Germans organized manhunts and roundups, shot those who failed to deliver the quotas, and generally tried to kill as many Poles as possible. The greatest proof of their bloody crimes is Gębice. White crosses stand silently in the forest there, asking God to avenge the blood [illegible], to reach the bloody claws of the hateful monster.
Tears flowed from all eyes, despair overcame the tormented souls, but finally the heroic Poles took up arms. Warsaw was the first to set an example of how Poles could defend their property and freedom. If they could not win, they died with honor, as befits Polish heroes.