Overview
- Description
- The collection consists of an identification card and certificate issued to Jan Josef Gasior, originally of Dukla, Poland, confirming that he was a persecuted Pole who was imprisoned in Auschwitz and Buchenwald from 1942-1945. A photograph of Gasior and his second wife, Maria Grzesik, is also included.
- Date
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inclusive:
1945-circa 1950
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum collection, gift of Lola Arbuzow
- Collection Creator
- Jan Jozef Gasior
- Biography
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Jan Jozef Gasior was born on August 4, 1904 in Dukla, Poland to Adolf Gasior and Helene Gasior (née Rucinska). His family was Catholic, and Jan worked as a carpenter. Jan was a widower and had a son, Stanislaus Gasior, and a daughter, Liudmila Irena, from his first marriage.
Jan was arrested in Krakow in early 1942 and deported to Auschwitz on Mach 8, 1942. He was transferred to Buchenwald in October 1943. He was liberated from Auschwitz by the United States Army on April 11, 1945. After liberation, he was in Augsburg displaced persons camp. He married fellow displaced survivor Maria Grzesik in 1946. Maria Grzesik (1903-1957) had three children with her first husband, Augustin Grzesik (1898-1939): Stanislawa Grzesik (later Stella Arbuzow,1925-2012), Edward Grzesik (1927-2006), and Ryszard Grzesik (later Richard Grzesik (1932-2005). In 1948, Jan, Maria, Edward, and Ryszard immigrated to Brazil. Maria’s daughter Stanislawa and her family also immigrated to Brazil in 1948, and later immigrated to the United States.
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Certificates. Photographs. Identity cards.
- Extent
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1 folder
- System of Arrangement
- The collection is arranged as a single folder.
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- The donor, source institution, or a third party has asserted copyright over some or all of the material(s) in this collection. 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.
- Copyright Holder
- Lola Arbuzow
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Catholics--Nazi persecution--Poland.
- Geographic Name
- Augsburg (Germany)
- Personal Name
- Gasior, Jan Josef.
- Corporate Name
- Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Buchenwald (Concentration camp)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
-
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Lola Arbuzow donated the Jan Jozef Gasior papers to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2019. The accessions numbered 2019.581.1 and 2019.630.1 have been incorporated into this collection.
- Primary Number
- 2019.581.2
- Record last modified:
- 2023-07-28 11:28:44
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn754501
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