The number of Jews was large. There were several thousand men among
the wanderers during the bombardments of Kalisz, Łódź and the surrounding
areas, as well as specially arrested Jews from Mogielnica, Żyrardów, Góra
Kalwaria, Tarczyn, and other shtetls in the Warsaw district. Among the Jews,
there were many rabbis, doctors and lawyers. Among the Christians, there
were many Polish soldiers, prisoners of war. Among the Jews, there were
6 Polish POWs.
An officer approached the group of Jews [8] and ordered that the Jewish
POWs step out of the group; the 6 Jewish soldiers stood separately to a side.
The officer approached one soldier and asked, “How many German soldiers
did you kill?” The Jewish soldier was taken aback by the unexpected question
and replied hesitantly, “None.” The officer called out in a loud voice that
the Jew had replied that he had killed one German soldier. The Jew had allegedly
replied, “one.” The Jew started to shout that he had said “none” and not
“one”, but his speaking out naturally accomplished nothing.⁸⁰²
The officer then approached the second Jewish soldier and also addressed
him with the same question. Having seen what happened with the first soldier,
he did not answer the posed question at all. The officer went on to announce in
a loud voice that the Jew did not reply because he had killed many Germans.
Near the spot where the 6 Jewish POWs stood, there were 3 trees.
The Jewish soldiers were stripped naked, many military men and Volksdeutsche
stood around them, as well as many Polish POWs, who were forced to do it.
Every participant in the circle was armed with a stick, bar, whip, or another
destructive weapon. [9] The Jewish POWs received an order to run in a circle
around the 3 trees and when the naked Jews ran by, each one of those who
formed the circle delivered a deadly blow in any place, in the head, back, stomach,
or another part of the body. After a few minutes of running, the Jews
turned into a running bloody mass, and after a few minutes they all suffered
haemorrhages. One after another, they fell to the ground, where they were
hacked to pieces by the evil beasts. In this tragic way, the holy martyrs gave
up their purified souls.
The hands of those, for whom the word “beasts” would be a title, did not
tremble, murdering the unfortunate Jews in such a cruel way. Demons! Not
forever will you dance your demonic dance!
802 In German, the word kein (none) taken to be ein (one).
