Eugene and Irene Wojcik Wojtas family collection

Overview

Collection Summary

The collection consists of a forced labor badge, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Eugeniusz Wojtas and Irena Wojcik Wojtas, Roman Catholics who were persecuted in German occupied Poland during World War II when both Eugeniusz, a prisoner of war, and Irena, were assigned to forced labor in Germany, and, after the war, when they met and married as displaced persons.

Provenance

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013 by Irene Wojtas, the wife of Eugene Wojtas.