Czesława Kwoka, age 14

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Czesława Kwoka, age 14

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Post by wm » 14 Jun 2012, 23:19

one of the victims of the KL Auschwitz

Born: August 15, 1928
Died: March 12, 1943
Ethnicity: Polish
Religion: Catholic
Parents: Katarzyna Kwoka
Cause of death: phenol intracardiac injection
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Brasse's account of meeting her while working as a mugshot photographer in Auschwitz

from The Portraitist

She and her mother Katarzyna were one of the 110 thousand Polish people expelled from the Zamość region to make room for a German colony.
Both were transported to Auschwitz on December 13, 1942. Katarzyna was murdered on February 18, 1943. Czeslawa on March 12, 1943.

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Re: Czesława Kwoka, age 14

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Post by spottedcow » 15 Jun 2012, 04:12

It is one of those photographs that I want to look away from. Poor girl; and there were so many others.
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Post by history1 » 15 Jun 2012, 10:29

wm wrote:[...] Cause of death: phenol intracardiac injection [...]
Your source, please.
Czech (Kalendarz wydarzen w KL Auschwitz) doesn´t note this date killings, nor does PMAB state that this was the reason of her dead.

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Re: Czesława Kwoka, age 14

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Post by history1 » 15 Jun 2012, 10:34

wm wrote:one of the victims of the KL Auschwitz

Born: August 15, 1928
Died: March 12, 1943
Ethnicity: Polish
Religion: Catholic
Parents: Katarzyna and Pawel Kwoka
Cause of death: phenol intracardiac injection

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Source: Death certificate of Czesława Kwoka

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Post by history1 » 15 Jun 2012, 10:49

spottedcow wrote:It is one of those photographs that I want to look away from.
Don´t know if she would appreciate it. I´m not the person who judge about.
IMHO it´s better to remember those poor kids and trying to prevent the mankind of false ideas.
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spottedcow wrote: Poor girl; and there were so many others.
So sad that you´re correct. Looking in the book "Nie wolno o nich zapomniec" may even lead to severe traumata by unstable persons I guess. So many innocents childs in there...

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Post by wm » 15 Jun 2012, 10:55

The list of people from her village - Wólka Złojecka murdered in KL Auchwitz says that nine was simply murdered and three was murdered by phenol injection: Gil Witold, Kwoka Czesława, Rycaj Mieczysław.
The claim is repeated on a few Polish web pages but no primary source given so maybe it would be safer to say for now that the cause of death is undetermined.

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Post by history1 » 15 Jun 2012, 11:04

Thanks for that!

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Post by henryk » 15 Jun 2012, 21:42

http://lwww.straty.pl/index.php/pl/szukaj-w-bazie
nazwisko Kwoka
imię Czesława
data urodzenia (born) 1928-08-15
miejsce urodzenia Wolka Zlojecka
data śmierci (death) 1943-03-12

INFORMACJE O PRZEŚLADOWANIACH
Źródło: Tytuł: Księga zgonów Auschwitz (Auschwitz Register of Deaths)

miejsce zamieszkania przed zatrzymaniem Wolka Zlojecka
data śmierci 1943-03-12
dodatkowe informacje (additional information) 14902/1943
Perhaps the Auschwitz record 14902/1943 has the information.

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Post by history1 » 16 Jun 2012, 08:54

Thank´s Henryk, not the date of her death was in question but the cause.
The file 14902/1943 is her death certificate (akt zgonu) which claims the she died on Cachexia during Gastroenteritis.

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Post by wm » 17 Jun 2012, 00:13

According to this page her father died before the WWII. She lived with her mother alone in a small house.
Her cousins still live in Wólka Złojecka.
There was another similar case in her village, a woman and her eleven years old son was sent to the KL Auschwitz. Both died there, the child was murdered during medical experiments involving phenol.
It was the already mentioned Rycaj Mieczysław.

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Re: Czesława Kwoka, age 14

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Post by Mike_robatel » 20 Mar 2020, 02:28

Hello I wanted to see the link of the article of Pawel Kwoka of the page that you have to display but the link is no longer valid thank you

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Post by henryk » 20 Mar 2020, 20:08

http://lwww.straty.pl/pl/szukaj
Fill in:
nazwisko Kwoka
imię Czesława

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Re: Czesława Kwoka, age 14

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Post by Mike_robatel » 21 Mar 2020, 16:54

I'm looking for the link of the web page https://roztocze.net/pl/404.error Menber WM

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Post by history1 » 22 Mar 2020, 10:23

henryk wrote:
20 Mar 2020, 20:08
http://lwww.straty.pl/pl/szukaj
Fill in:
nazwisko Kwoka
imię Czesława
Your suggestion doesn´t provide any result for Paweł Kwoka. Obviously he isn´t covered at the IPN -website because he´s not a victim of WWII.

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Re: Czesława Kwoka, age 14

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Post by henryk » 22 Mar 2020, 20:38

There are victims missing from search site. There is a form for people to add names.

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