Gustawa Jarecka | |
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| Born | December 23, 1908 |
| Died | January 23, 1943 (aged 34) |
| Occupation(s) | Novelist, Teacher |
Gustawa Jarecka (23 December 1908 – 22/23 January 1943[1]) was a Polish novelist. She was a daughter of Moszek Jarecki and Natalia Jarecka[2].
She attended a school in Łódź[3]. From 1925 to 1931 she studied Polonistics at the University of Warsaw and received her diploma here. In 1932 her first novel, Inni ludzie, was published. Her novellas i fragments of novels were published in Głos Poranny, Dziennik Ludowy, Górnik, Myśl Socjalistyczna and Nowa Kwadrydza. Themes of unemployment and its effects were often present in her works[4]. She worked in school as a Polish language teacher in Wąbrzeźno[3].
After the war started (1939) she was living in Warsaw Ghetto, where, from 1940, she worked as a telephonist and typist in w Jewish District. She was a member of underground organization Oneg Shabbat. On account of her children she refused to come to the, so called, aryan part of the ghetto[3]. She has probably died with her children on the train to the treblinka extermination camp[5].
She is attributed with writing the report describing the Grossaktion Warsaw titled Ostatnim etapem przesiedlenia jest śmierć (The last stage of resettlement is death)[6].
Novels
edit- Inni ludzie (Other people, 1931)
- Stare grzechy (Old sins, 1934)
- Przed jutrem (Before tomorrow, 1936)
- Ludzie i sztandary (People and banners)
- vol. 1 Ojcowie (Fathers, 1938)
- vol. 2 Zwycięskie pokolenie (The victorious generation, 1939)
References
edit- ^ Marta Janczewska, ed. (2018), Żadna blaga, żadne kłamsto : wspomnienia z Warszawskiego getta., Warszawa, p. 393, ISBN 9788363444556
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Majchrowska, Anna (2019-08-07). "A stone thrown under the wheel of history. Gustawa Jarecka". Jewish Historical Institue. Translated by Drenda, Olga. Retrieved 2022-03-25.
- ^ a b c d Sańczuk, Anna (2021-04-19). "Warszawa nie wierzyła, że to się wydarzy. Ona pisała: "Ostatnim etapem przesiedlenia jest śmierć". Dokument urywa się w pół zdania" (in Polish). Gazeta Wyborcza. Wysokie Obcasy. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
- ^ Knysz-Rudzka 1991, p. 391.
- ^ Majchrowska, Anna (2019-01-16). "Styczniowa akcja likwidacyjna w getcie warszawskim". Żydowski Instytut Historyczny (in Polish).
- ^ "Duchowy opór jednostki. Wywiad z autorami książki „Archiwum ważniejsze niż życie"". Żydowski Instytut Historyczny (in Polish). 2020-10-04.
Bibliography
edit- Literatura polska: przewodnik encyklopedyczny. Vol. 1. Warszawa: Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe. 1991. ISBN 8301053682.
External links
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Category:1942 deaths
Category:1908 births
Category:Polish Jews who died in the Holocaust
Category:Warsaw Ghetto inmates
Category:Polish novelists