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Wacław Głouszek papers

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    Overview

    Description
    The Wacław Głouszek papers consist of sheet music from Dora-Mittelbau, lyrics to patriotic and religious Polish songs, two diaries describing Głouszek’s camp, transport, and liberation experiences and including partial lists of fellow prisoners, a 1968 letter describing Głouszek’s efforts to save weak and emaciated Jewish prisoners from selection for the gas chambers at Auschwitz-Birkenau, Głouszek’s identification photograph from Auschwitz, four copy prints of Bergen-Belsen after liberation, and one copy print of General Eisenhower visiting Ohrdruf after liberation.
    Date
    inclusive:  circa 1942-1968
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Iwona Bonacia
    Collection Creator
    Waclaw Glouszek
    Biography
    Waclaw Glouszek was born in 1909 in Kowel, Poland (Kovel, Ukraine) to Wilhelm and Katarzyna Glouszek. He was educated in Vilna (Vilnius, Lithuania). In September 1939, Germany invaded Poland. In 1942, Waclaw was arrested by the Gestapo in Krakow as a non-Jewish political prisoner. He was sent to Monowitz (Auschwitz III) concentration camp, where he played in the camp orchestra. In January 1945, Woclaw was transferred to Dora-Mittelbau concentration camp. He was later sent to Bergen-Belsen where he was liberated in April 1945 by British forces. After the war, he settled in Wałbrzych and became a high school director. Waclaw, 97, passed away in 1996.

    Physical Details

    Language
    Polish
    Genre/Form
    Photographs. Diaries.
    Extent
    8 folders
    System of Arrangement
    The Wacław Głouszek papers are arranged as three series: I. Camp items, approximately 1942-1945, II. Personal narratives, approximately 1945-1968, III. Photographs, approximately 1942-1945

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
    Conditions on Use
    Material(s) in this collection may be protected by copyright and/or related rights. You do not require further permission from the Museum to use this material. The user is solely responsible for making a determination as to if and how the material may be used.

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    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    Iwona Bonacia donated her father’s papers, the Wacław Głouszek papers, to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1998.
    Funding Note
    The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
    The accessibility of this collection was made possible by the generous donors to our crowdfunded Save Their Stories campaign.
    Record last modified:
    2023-07-17 15:07:29
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