Teodor Gruca papers
Extent and Medium
folders
5
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Kazimierz Gruca
Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by Kazimierz Gruca, in memory of his father Teodor Gruca.
Scope and Content
Contains documents relating to the experiences of Teodor Gruca, including material related to this incarceration in Dachau between 1940-1945, and his postwar activity as a music teacher. He was arrested by the Gestapo for the refusal to sign the "Volksliste." The collection includes a song book with forty songs, which were sung by the prisoners' of the Polish Choir, of which Teodor Gruca was the director. Includes a small album signed by members of the choir after liberation; documents issued by government authorities upon his return to Poland in 1945; materials related to his employment and supplemental education; and his application for reparations from Germany.
Corporate Bodies
Subjects
- Restitution and indemnification claims (1933-)
Genre
- Document
- Music.
- Autograph books.