Marciniak Zenon
Marciniak Zenon born on March 6, 1922, in Łódź, son of Jan and Sabina née Wójkowska, from a working-class family. Before the war, he lived in Łódź and attended high school.
14 V 1940, for unknown reasons, arrested by the Gestapo and held in the Radogoszcz prison (now within the borders of Łódź), from where he was transported to the German concentration camp at Dachau, where he remained from 26 V 1940 until liberation, with the camp number 11640. During his time in the camp, he was subjected to two pseudomedical experiments conducted by German doctors (in 1941 and 1943).
In the camp, he met Bogusław Stępiński and joined his Zadruga group. He collaborated with him in Lübeck after the camp's liberation.
In 1946, he returned to the country. He participated in meetings of sympathizers of Zadruga in Łódź organized in 1947 by Bogusław Stępiński.
In the 1950s, he worked at PSS Łódź Południe, using the title of MEng
He was interrogated in connection with the trial of Jan Stachniuk and others, and his testimony was read during the trial.
In the 1970s, legally recognized as a victim of pseudo-medical experiments, he received compensation.
He died in Gdynia in 2012.
Sources:
Archives
Archive IPN
IPN 00231/153 t 1. (Information about "Zadruga", Summary of materials on leading figures of "Zadruga" who joined the PPR and are now in the PZPR, of 21 April 1950;
IPN BU 01355/149 Protocol of the testimony of witness Edward Olczyk from November 16 and 17, 1951
GK 927/2318 Marciniak Zenon (materials regarding recognition as a victim of pseudo-medical experiments)
Other
Documents from the trial of Jan Stachniuk and his comrades „Trygław” No. 5, 2001;
Information from Jolanta Adamska (daughter)