The District Prosecutor’s Office in Jelenia Góra has completed its verification activities concerning a report of possible failure by local officials in Bolesławiec to fulfill their duties. The case concerned suspicions related to the alleged destruction of the site of the former German concentration camp Gross-Rosen, Bunzlau and Bunzlau II subcamps, and the construction projects carried out there.
The report covered the period from November 2019 to March 2026 and pointed to possible failures on the part of the mayor, the Bolesławiec county head, county office officials and the legal adviser to the municipal office. The author of the report claimed that the memorial site had not been properly secured and that national and international laws had been violated.
As reported by Ewa Węglarowicz-Makowska, press spokesperson for the District Prosecutor’s Office in Jelenia Góra, the proceedings established that in 2023 the city of Bolesławiec obtained historical aerial photographs. They were used to identify the probable location of the camp. Consequently, in August 2024 the mayor asked the Gross-Rosen Museum in Wałbrzych to give its position.
The museum’s response indicates that the location identified is only probable. It also emphasized that the site where the commercial development is being carried out does not overlap with the area of the Bunzlau I camp barracks, but is located on the grounds of former timber-industry plants.
“The prosecutor refused to open an investigation in this case, basing the decision on the absence of the statutory elements of a prohibited act,” said Ewa Węglarowicz-Makowska, press spokesperson for the District Prosecutor’s Office in Jelenia Góra.
The decision was issued on 17 March 2026 and is already final.
The prosecutor’s office emphasizes that the same person has repeatedly submitted reports concerning this case. All previous proceedings ended with a refusal to open an investigation or with its discontinuation for the same reason – the lack of grounds to establish that a crime had been committed.
“The letter contains no new, significant circumstances that had not previously been examined,” the spokesperson noted, referring to the latest report submitted at the end of March.
The latest letter, addressed to the Prime Minister and forwarded to the prosecutor’s office, was placed in the case files without any further action being taken.
The prosecutor’s office states that the findings to date do not confirm the allegations presented in the reports and that the case has already been analyzed repeatedly.