Jan Jozef Gasior papers

Jan Jozef Gasior was born on August 4, 1904 in Dukla, Poland to Adolf Gasior and Helene Gasior (née Rucinska). His family was Catholic, and Jan worked as a carpenter. Jan was a widower and had a son, Stanislaus Gasior, and a daughter, Liudmila Irena, from his first marriage. Jan was arrested in Krakow in early 1942 and deported to Auschwitz on Mach 8, 1942. He was transferred to Buchenwald in October 1943. He was liberated from Auschwitz by the United States Army on April 11, 1945. After liberation, he was in Augsburg displaced persons camp. He married fellow displaced survivor Maria Grzesik in 1946. Maria Grzesik (1903-1957) had three children with her first husband, Augustin Grzesik (1898-1939): Stanislawa Grzesik (later Stella Arbuzow,1925-2012), Edward Grzesik (1927-2006), and Ryszard Grzesik (later Richard Grzesik (1932-2005). In 1948, Jan, Maria, Edward, and Ryszard immigrated to Brazil. Maria’s daughter Stanislawa and her family also immigrated to Brazil in 1948, and later immigrated to the United States.

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum collection, gift of Lola Arbuzow

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum collection, gift of Lola Arbuzow

Lola Arbuzow donated the Jan Jozef Gasior papers to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2019. The accessions numbered 2019.581.1 and 2019.630.1 have been incorporated into this collection.