Alter and Dora Edelman Skwarny Collection

Identifier
irn76659
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2014.139.1
Dates
1 Jan 1936 - 31 Dec 1948
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Polish
  • Hebrew
  • French
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

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

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.