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Title: My two years spent in Soviet Russia under Stalin typescript
Date (inclusive): 1938-1948
Collection Number: 2022C35
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In English
Physical Description:
1 Manuscript Box
(0.21 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Jan Adam Romer (a.k.a. John Adam Romer) was an electrical engineer and reservist in the Polish Army during World War II. He
was arrested by the NKVD (Narodnyĭ komissariat vnutrennikh del) and sent to several forced labor camps in the Gulag. This
collection is composed of the typescript "My two years spent in Soviet Russia under Stalin" by Jan A. Romer, a version of
the typescript edited by his son, John H. Romer, and copies of Jan A. Romer's war records (April 1942 to January 1947) from
the Great Britain Ministry of Defence and the Polish Squadron of the Royal Air Force.
Creator:
Romer, Jan Adam, 1915-
Creator:
Romer, John H.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2022.
[Identification of item], My two years spent in Soviet Russia under Stalin typescript, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover
Institution Library & Archives.
Jan Adam Romer (a.k.a. John Adam Romer) was born in Lviv (now Ukraine) on November 22, 1915, to General Jan Edward Romer and
Stefania Romer. At the onset of World War II, he was an electrical engineer and reservist in the Polish Army. He was arrested
by the NKVD (Narodnyĭ komissariat vnutrennikh del) and sent to several forced labor camps in the Gulag. Due to the Sikorski-Mayski
agreement, Jan Romer was released and joined the Polish Army in the USSR. Romer immigrated to England via Iran and India,
where he served as a navigator and a member of the Polish Squadron of the Royal Air Force until the end of the war. Later,
he immigrated to Toronto, Canada, where he taught engineering. Romer eventually settled in the United States.
Scope and Content of Collection
Includes the typescript "My two years spent in Soviet Russia under Stalin" by Jan A. Romer, a version of the typescript edited
by his son, John H. Romer, and copies of Jan A. Romer's war records (April 1942 to January 1947) from the Great Britain Ministry
of Defence and the Polish Squadron of the Royal Air Force.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Poland -- History -- Occupation, 1939-1945
Prisoners of war -- Soviet Union -- Biography
Internment camps -- Soviet Union
Forced labor -- Soviet Union
Polish people -- Soviet Union -- Biography
Typescripts
Records (Documents)
Great Britain. Ministry of Defence
Great Britain. Royal Air Force