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Contributing Institution:
Oskar Schindler Archives
Title: Stanley M. Garstka personal papers
source:
Garstka, Stanley
Identifier/Call Number: 2020.001.h.r
Physical Description:
1 Item
Date: 1989
Abstract: The Stanley M. Garstka personal papers contain two letters, a personal reflection, and the article Poland's Way of the cross
1939-1945 by Franciszek J. Proch.
Language of Material:
English
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The Stanley M. Garstka personal papers contain two letters, a personal reflection, and the article Poland's Way of the cross
1939-1945 by Franciszek J. Proch.
"My Reflections on Events in Poland and the Polish Victims of the Holocaust in Poland During World War II, 1939-1945" by Stanley
Garstka, is his narrative of his experience and what he witnessed during the Holocaust. Garstka was arrested on February 20,
1941, at the age of 25. He was never able to complete his medical studies at the University of Warsaw because of the outbreak
of the Second World War. He was imprisoned at the Pawiak prison and then sent to concentration camps of Auschwitz, Neuengamme,
Dachau, and Flossenbürg. Additionally, the narrative provides statistics of Poland and the Polish citizens who were affected
by the Nazi German atrocities. Various post-war records support these figures, as well as scholarly articles such as Franciszek
J. Proch's article that is included in this collection.
Dr. Stanisław (Stanley) Garstka was born in Warsaw on Feb. 22, 1916. In 1935 he began medical studies, which he did not complete
because of the outbreak of the Second World War. Imprisoned for his underground activities in 1941, Garstka experienced Pawiak
prison and then concentration camps of Auschwitz, Neuengamme, Dachau, where he was transferred to Flossenbürg camp, and from
there to Leitmeritz (subcamp) where while a prisoner Garstka assisted the doctor of the camp. After liberation, he migrated
to the American zone, and by 1947 he had completed his medical studies at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. He married
Martha Alszibaja, and in 1949, they emigrated to the United States. The Garstka settled resided in Riverside, California.
Dr. Garstka is the founder of the American Polish Research Fellowship at the University of Notre Dame. He initiated the exchange
program between the University of Gdańsk and Notre Dame in 1999. Stanley Garstka passed away on June 21, 2006.
This collection is open for research.
There are no restrictions on the use of this material except where previously copyrighted material is concerned. It is the
responsibility of the researcher to obtain all permissions.
[Item title/descirption; Box number/Folder number] Stanley M. Garstka personal papers (2020.001.h.r), Oskar Schindler Archive,
Chapman University, CA.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Holocaust survivors -- History -- 20th Century
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Pawiak (Prison)
World War (1939-1945) -- Poland
Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
Dachau (Concentration camp)
Neuengamme (Concentration camp)
Flossenbürg (Concentration camp)
Jewish refugees--California, Southern.
Jewish refugees--United States--History--20th century.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal Narratives
Garstka, Stanley