Alter and Dora Edelman Skwarny Collection
Extent and Medium
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Creator(s)
- Dwora Skwarny
- Alter B. Skwarny
Biographical History
Alter Benzion Skwarny was born in 1908 in Kaluszyn, Poland and his wife Dwora Edelman Skwarna was born in 1909 in Luków, Poland. The couple fled German occupied territory and they were deported by the Soviets to a forced labor camp in Komi ASSR. Their families were murdered by Germans. Alter and Dwojra returned to Poland in March 1946, where their daughter Chaja was born in June 1946 in Dzierzoniów, Poland. The family immigrated to Canada in December 1948.
Dwora Edelman Skwarna was born in 1909 in Luków, Poland and her husband Alter Benzion Skwarny was born in 1908 in Kaluszyn, Poland. The couple fled German occupied territory and they were deported by the Soviets to a forced labor camp in Komi ASSR. Their families were murdered by Germans. Alter and Dwojra returned to Poland in March 1946, where their daughter Chaja was born in June 1946 in Dzierzoniów, Poland. The family immigrated to Canada in December 1948.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Stephanie Shweiki
Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014 by Stephanie Shweiki.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of photogrpahs depicting the Skwarny and Edelman families and documents regarding Alter and Dwora Skwarny's immigration to Canada in 1948.
System of Arrangement
The collection is arranged as a single series.
Subjects
- Holocaust survivors.
- Canada--Emigration and immigration.
- Poland.
Genre
- Document
- Photographs.