“Protocol of the questioning of a witness
9 June 1945 in Koło
Name and Surname Michał Podchlebnik
Age 38
Parent’s Names Jakób and Sosia
Place of residence Koło Krzywa Street
Job saddler
Faith Moses
Criminal Record none

There were many inscriptions on the walls of the basement – among other things there was the signature of Kaliski from Dębie. Among the inscriptions one of them written in Jewish was characteristic „who gets here, doesn’t get out alive any- more”. We didn’t have anymore illusions when it came to our fate.(…) Some time later we heard the shuffle of bare feet in the basement’s corridor – nearby the basement we were locked in.
We heard the call of Germans “quicker, quicker!”. I understood that they were leading the Jews through the corridor to
the backyard.
After a while I heard the sound of closing car doors. Screams arose, a knocking at the car’s side. Next I heard the car start- ing and after 5-6 minutes, when the screams quietened down the car drove out of the backyard. (…)The car they were gas poisoning people in (…).”

Filenumber III p. 13/45