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Murder Story of Stanisławów Jews in Majzly

Murder Site
Majzly
Poland
According to the testimony of a former resident of Stanisławów named Stanisław Zierkiewicz, Jewish inmates of the Security Police prison were taken to the area of the former barracks of the Austrian railway workers (known popularly as "Majzly") on the southeastern outskirts of Stanisławów, and shot there. The date of the shooting(s), which were apparently perpetrated by Stanisławów Security Police officers, is unknown.
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From the judicial proceedings against Eugen Ungurean, 1972-1975:
Cracow December 21, 1972 From the summary of the testimony of Stanisław Zierkiewicz (born 1915): …He [the eyewitness] worked as a sales assistant at a grocery and tobacco store. This store stood on Gołuchowski Street, at the intersection with Bilieński Street. From this vantage point, he could observe the Jewish inmates being escorted by Gestapo [men] from their office on Bilieński Street to the murder site outside the city, at the so-called “Majzly.”…
BStU HA IX/11 ARCHIV ZUV 29, Akte 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 36, 38 copy YVA TR.10 / 3103
Majzly
Murder Site
Poland
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