| Accession Number | AWM2017.383.1.17 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | |
| Maker |
Leder's Photographic Service |
| Place made | Australia: Victoria, Melbourne |
| Date made | February 1965 |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial
This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
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Photograph collection related to Bernard Slawik and Alma Slawik
Description
Indoor portrait taken on the occasion of Eva Slawik's wedding. From left to right: Eva Slawik, Alma Slawik, Bernard Slawik. From a collection related to Bernard Slawik and Alma Slawik. The Slawiks were Polish Jews who survived the Holocaust, then moved to Australia in 1948, where Bernard continued a successful career in architecture. Bernard was imprisoned in Janowska concentration camp in 1942. Alma took on a false identity and worked as a servant in Warsaw, and their daughter Eva (born in 1942), was given to Alma’s mother Gina, and hidden with a Catholic family. Bernard used his knowledge of the local area to escape the camp, hiding successfully from the German guards and their dogs due to a fortuitous snowfall. He rejoined Alma, they retrieved their daughter, and spent the remainder of the war in Poland under assumed identities. Following the war the family resided for a short period in Gavle, Sweden, before migrating to Australia.
The print has fine scalloped edges.