us-005578-irn519983-irn519979
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archival history: The book was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2001 by Dr. Rose Kfar Rose.
biographical history: Roza Kwar was born on July 20, 1927, in Lwow, Poland (Lviv, Ukraine), to Benzion (Bentichek) and Ernestyna (Tinka) Hercer Kwar. Her father had four brothers and other relatives living in the United States. In 1938, Benzion’s brother Charles visited the family in Poland. He brought affidavits of support that were needed to apply for American immigration visas. When the family went to the embassy to apply, they were informed that the immigration quota was filled and were placed on a waiting list for possible 1942 visas. In September 1939, Germany invaded Poland. The Kwar’s lived in eastern Poland which was occupied by the Soviet Union a few weeks later. In June 1941, Germany attacked the Soviet Union and occupied Lwow. Roza and her parents were ordered to move to the ghetto. In 1942, the ghetto was made smaller and they had to relocate again. They were required to wear armbands identifying them as Jews and were assigned to forced labor. Roza worked in a factory. In August 1942, there were mass deportations of Jews to concentration camps. Benzion purchased false papers for Roza under the name Janina Gornicka, and with aid of a friend, Ada Prochinka, found her a place to stay. Her parents told Roza that that they would escape and join her later, but if they did not, that she should contact relatives in the US after the war was over. Roza escaped on November 11 and went to live with Krystyna Moskalik, a Polish schoolteacher in Siechiechowice, connected to the Polish underground. Krystyna told her neighbors that Roza was the daughter of a cousin and had moved there to escape forced labor service. Krystyna’s brother Witold helped maintain the secret. Krystyna had been paid to take Roza, but when the money ran out, she continued to care for Roza. At one point, a woman learned that Roza was Jewish and tried to blackmail Krystyna, but she was persuaded to stop those efforts. All schools had been closed by the Germans, but Krystyna arranged tutors for Roza. Krystyna also kept …
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has beginning date: 1946-01-01
has end date: 1946-12-31
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had identifier: 1
has or had some members with language: pol
has record set type: Item
identifier: irn519979
is or was included in: us-005578-irn519983
results or resulted from: 1
scope and content: Book that belonged to Roza Kwar.
title: Uniwersytet zbirów [Book]