Eugene and Irene Wojcik Wojtas family collection
Collection
- 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.
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- Date
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inclusive:
1930-1968
undated:
- Geography
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use:
Bavaria (Germany)
- Date
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use:
after 1940 October 18-before 1945 April 04
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Record last modified: 2022-07-28 18:26:56
This page: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn65972
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Eugeniusz and Irena Wojtas papers
Document | Accession Number: 2013.397.1
Forced labor badge, yellow with a purple P, worn by a Catholic Polish soldier interned by the Germans
Object | Accession Number: 2013.397.2
