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Name: Rozalia Wolczyk
Maiden Name: Gawor
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Date of birth: 1925-
Place of birth: Poland, Lwowskie, Sokal, Gmina Skomorochy, wieś Stanisławówka
Did this person die during World War ll?: No
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Description: See drawings at http://kresy-siberia.org/hom/element/english-paintings-and-drawings/rozalia-wolczyk-drawings/Rozalia (Gawor) Wolczyk was one of the Polish women in Wanda Sawicki's group in London, Ontario, Canada. She began drawing in her early seventies, and wanted to draw all of the places in which she had lived: Kresy, Siberia, Africa, England and Canada. Rozalia (Gawor) Wolczyk has given her permission to show them on the Gallery. Rozalia was born in 1925 in Stanislawow, her parents having moved there from Bochnia near Krakow to start a new life. She was deported, along with her family, to Archangielsk, where one of her brothers died. From there, they got to the refugee camp in Pahlevi, moved to Tengeru camp in Africa, then to England where she married and finally to London, Canada. She began English as a second language classes once she retired, then wrote her memoirs with the help of one of her teachers. Called "Always in my Mind." She also took cultural interpreter training and helped us at the London InterCommunity Health Centre as a volunteer in this capacity with the Polish group for several years. She still participates in several programs, and has progressed beautifully in her art work.(Wanda Sawicki.) --- The first drawing is of her family's home in Kresy (Kolonia Stanislawowka, Powiat Sokal, Wojewodztwo Lwowskie), so fondly remembered that the colour of the wheat fields appears to be shining down from heaven as a blessing.
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Residence at the outbreak of WWll: Poland, Lwowskie, Sokal, Kolonia Stanislawówka, (near Stanisławów)
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Russian SFSR Archangielska oblast'

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