Jerzy and Zofia Guminski papers

Jerzy Guminski (1923-1942) was born on March 20, 1923 in Warsaw, Poland. He had a sister Hanna Guminski. Jerzy and his mother, Zofia Guminski, worked for a Polish partisan group called the Związek Walki Zbrojnej (ZWZ). Among other activities, they assisted escapees from prison and gave shelter to endangered individuals in their pension in Świder, near Warsaw, Poland. In late 1940, Jerzy and Zofia were denounced and arrested by the Gestapo. They were incarcerated in the Pawiak prison in Warsaw. While imprisoned, Jerzy worked as an orderly in a German chancellery office and Zofia was employed in the laundry room. On March 6, 1942, Jerzy was transported to Auschwitz concentration camp where he was assigned prisoner number 26596. He was shot on August 14, 1942. Zofia was transported to Ravensbrück concentration camp in August 1942. She survived.