My Life Story
Object numberM2010/017:029
TitleMy Life Story
DescriptionMy Life Story (abridged translation from Polish)
“I was born in 1912 in Poland, my father was a bricklayer and mother worked in agriculture. My father died young, in 1935, and mother lived until 1974, to the age of 84. I had 3 siblings, 2 sisters and one brother Czeslaw”. Stefan further describes his pre-war life in Zamosc district of Lublin, Poland. During the war he worked in a warehouse of Polish army and in the railway. In 1940 his son was born. In the same year, his brother Czeslaw was arrested and imprisoned in the concentration camp Oranienburg [transl.ed. also known under name of Sachsenhausen] , where he stayed until 1945. During the war Stefan worked in the railway (Ostbahn, ie. East). Stefan describes post-war situation, he studied law 1947-1951 at the Wroclaw University. From mid – 1950s he started occupying important positions and by and during the 1960s he was an established legal professional. From the 1970s Stefan expanded his profession to the area of communication. He continued working in railway business until 1973.
A page and half typed up life-story is signed by Mgr. Stefan Altmajer-Barwinski, a legal advisor, of Wroclaw, Poland, dated 4 February 1975.
The declaration beneath reads: The life story was written to provide my brother, Czeslaw Altmajer, who lives in Australia, with my true curriculum vitae, for purpose of reparation for his imprisonment in the concentration camp Oranienburg [ed.aka Sachsenhausen], where my brother stayed until the end of the war, with severe consequences for his health. Signed by Mgr. Stefan Altmajer-Barwinski.
“I was born in 1912 in Poland, my father was a bricklayer and mother worked in agriculture. My father died young, in 1935, and mother lived until 1974, to the age of 84. I had 3 siblings, 2 sisters and one brother Czeslaw”. Stefan further describes his pre-war life in Zamosc district of Lublin, Poland. During the war he worked in a warehouse of Polish army and in the railway. In 1940 his son was born. In the same year, his brother Czeslaw was arrested and imprisoned in the concentration camp Oranienburg [transl.ed. also known under name of Sachsenhausen] , where he stayed until 1945. During the war Stefan worked in the railway (Ostbahn, ie. East). Stefan describes post-war situation, he studied law 1947-1951 at the Wroclaw University. From mid – 1950s he started occupying important positions and by and during the 1960s he was an established legal professional. From the 1970s Stefan expanded his profession to the area of communication. He continued working in railway business until 1973.
A page and half typed up life-story is signed by Mgr. Stefan Altmajer-Barwinski, a legal advisor, of Wroclaw, Poland, dated 4 February 1975.
The declaration beneath reads: The life story was written to provide my brother, Czeslaw Altmajer, who lives in Australia, with my true curriculum vitae, for purpose of reparation for his imprisonment in the concentration camp Oranienburg [ed.aka Sachsenhausen], where my brother stayed until the end of the war, with severe consequences for his health. Signed by Mgr. Stefan Altmajer-Barwinski.
Production periodpre-World War II, World War II (1939-1945), post World War II
SubjectHolocaust, non-Jewish victims
Object namecurriculum vitae
Materialpaper
Language
- Polish free and abridged translation by Vytrhlik, Jana
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Czeslaw Altmajer