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Krystina Tomaszyk – Through Siberia to the Antipodes

28/09/2023

Can a happy childhood suddenly become one of the worst periods in life? The story of Krystyna Tomaszyk shows that, unfortunately, it is possible. Overnight, her ordinary childhood turned into a struggle for survival.

In 1932, Krystyna Tomaszyk was born in Vilnius as the daughter of judge Stanisław Skwarko and his wife – also Krystyna. Two years later, her brother Stanislaw was born. Thus, the 1930s passed in a peaceful family atmosphere in Sokółka, near Białystok. At that time, nothing foreshadowed what awaited the family in the future. Unfortunately, that future came very soon.

After the Soviet aggression and the occupation of half of Poland by the Red Army in 1939, Stanisław Skwarko was arrested and imprisoned in a Białystok prison, being deported to the Vorkuta labour camps in 1941. In addition, the Soviets took the family home, so the mother and her two children had to move in with her family. However, this was not the end of their drama. In June 1941, Krystyna, her mother, and her younger brother were deported to the Tukai kolkhoz in Krasnoyarsk Krai in Siberia.

Krystyna Skwarko’s entire biography in Polish here: https://swiatsybiru.pl/pl/krystyna-tomaszyk-przez-sybir-na-antypody/

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