Eugene and Irene Wojcik Wojtas family collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn81104
• English
• 1930-1968
• folders 3
• Updated 7 months ago

The Eugeniusz and Irena Wojtas papers includes biographical material and photographs relating to Eugeniusz Wojtas and Irena Wójcik (later Wojtas) and their family’s experiences pre-war in Poland and post-war in the Wildflecken and Heilbronn displaced persons camps in Germany. Eugeniusz and Irena, both Roman Catholics, were persecuted by the Nazis during WWII. Eugeniusz was captured and held as a prisoner of war at Stalag XIIIA and Irena was a forced laborer in Karlstadt, Germany. They met and married as displaced persons and lived in Wildflecken and Heilbronn, Germany, where their children ...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn81106
• English
• overall: Height: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Width: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Small yellow cloth patch with a purple P worn by Eugeniusz Wojtas, while a forced laborer in Germany from October 18, 1940 - April 4, 1945. Nazi Germany invaded Poland on September 1, and three weeks later, the Soviet Union invaded from the east. Eugeniusz, a Polish Catholic, was serving in the 43 Pulk Piechoty [Infantry Division) in Dubno and was captured by the Soviets on September 20. He was transferred to German custody on November 14, and interned in Stalag XIIIC in Hammelburg, Germany. From October 18, 1940, until his liberation by US troops on April 4, 1945, Eugeniusz was assigned to...