The Community Synagogue - Marian & Kristine (last interview before Marian’s passing)
CHIGER FAMILY POLAND TIMELINE
Name
Ignacy "Jersy" Chiger Paulina "Pepa" Chiger Leopold "Poldek" Socha Magdalena "Wanda" Socha Pavel "Pincas" Chiger Kristine Keren (born Krystyna "Kryshia" Chiger)
10 survivors plus one deserter emerge from the sewer
7/27/1944
Russians force Chiger family to flee Lvov
February 1945
After war is over, Russians force Chiger family to flee Lvov (now called Lviv) to Krakow by cattle car train
Chiger Family arrives in Krakow
3/18/1945
Chiger Family (now Chyrowski) arrives in Krakow after short stay with Socha’s family
Chiger’s learn of Socha’s tragic death
5/13/1945
Chiger’s learn of Socha’s tragic death the day before - the worst pain Kryshia has ever experienced…more than Kuba, Babcia, grandparents, cousins, uncles, and aunts, combined
Chyrowski family emigrate to Israel
1957
Kwasniewski Family Poland Timeline
Josef Kwasniewski DOB 5/26/1909, Krakow DOD 4/1998, Israel
Helena (Spira) Kwasniewski DOB 1/15/1912, Krakow DOD 12/1997, Israel
Marian Keren (born Marian Kwasniewski) DOB 7/8/1935, Krakow DOD 5/292023, New York
Name
Josef Kwasniewski Helena (Spira) Kwasniewski Marian Keren (born Marian Kwasniewski)
4/1998, Israel 12/1997, Israel 5/29/2023, New York
Kwasniewski Family Poland Timeline
Germany invades Krakow
1939
Josef rides a bike from Krakow to Lvov
1939
Josef rides a bike from Krakow to Lvov…is hidden by Poles
Oscar Schindler is introduced to Helena and Marian
1940
Krakow - Schindler meets Helena and Marian after moving into apartment next door
Germans force Marian and Helena to move to new Padgorze Ghetto
March 1941
Liquidation of Podgorze Ghetto
March 1943
Helena and Marian forced into Plaszow labor camp...Oscar Schindler helps them escape...Marian is adopted by Janina Mikolajewicz, formally his nanny/housekeeper... Both move to Lvov...Helena escapes to Lvov to meet Josef
Marian and his new "mum" settle near the Wehrmacht headquarters in Lvov
Winter 1945
Marian and his new "mum" settle near the Wehrmacht headquarters in Lvov, where she was employed as a servant...The Gestapo find him and put him and Janine in a women's prison on Lackiego St...Winter of 1945, after escaping from prison, Marian and Janina journey back to Krakow by rail, to be joined by his parents at their residence on 9 Straszewskiego St.
