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Coming to Springfield
Abstract
Interview Session 03 (Audio)
From German slave laborer to liberation
Interview Session 04 (Audio)
Two Kazmirs reunite
Transcript
Related Materials
See also
His entire interview in Veterans Remember-WWII
Photos
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Wedding portrait for Kazimir and Adele (Lambertz) Libertus, on the occasion of their church wedding on June 23, 1945.
Where:
Unknown
When:
June 23, 1945
Ownership:
Narrator’s photo
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Kazimir Ladny and Kazimir Tafil. Childhood friends, both were in WWII, and each thinking the other had died in the war, met after 60 years in Siedlce, Poland.
Where:
Siedlce, Poland
When:
Circa 2005
Ownership:
Narrator’s photo
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Tafil, at 15-16 yrs. old was taken to Auschwitz with 3 older brothers who were killed there, they were more educated, high school level. Kazimir survived. The Germans thought he was young and weak and no threat to their cause. He was there 1941-1945.
Where:
Siedlce, Poland
When:
Circa 2005
Ownership:
Narrator’s photo
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Kazimir Ladny and Kazimir Tafil standing in front of the chapel that Tafil built on his property in Siedlce, Poland. Tafil built the chapel to give thanks for his survival through the "hell on earth" that was Auschwitz.
Where:
Siedlce, Poland
When:
Unknown
Ownership:
Narrator’s photo
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The altar inside Kazimir Tafil's chapel where mass could be held. The picture on the left depicts Maximilian Kolbe, a priest who was also a prisoner at Auschwitz.
Where:
Siedlce, Poland
When:
Unknown
Ownership:
Narrator’s photo.
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Kazimir Tafil shows Kazimir Ladny and Mary Efin photos outside Tafil's chapel in Siedlce, Poland.
Where:
Siedlce, Poland
When:
Unknown
Ownership:
Narrator’s photo.
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Plaques at the chapel in Siedlce, Poland reading “God Honor Fatherland” and “In Memory”.
Where:
Siedlce, Poland
When:
Unknown
Ownership:
Narrator’s photo.
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Plaque at the chapel in Siedlce, Poland reading: “Project and Builder, Kazimierz Tafil. Thoughtful to God for my survival through this hell on earth in Auschwitz, 1941-1945.”
Where:
Siedlce, Poland
When:
Unknown
Ownership:
Narrator’s photo.
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Kazimir Tafil and a friend discussing his experiences.
Where:
Unknown
When:
Unknown
Ownership:
Narrator’s photo.
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Stanislaw Ivanovs, Kazimir Tafil, Mary Efin, and Kazimir Ladny on August 19, 2002, standing in front of the chapel built by K. Tafil in Siedlce, Poland.
Where:
Siedlce, Poland
When:
August 19, 2002
Ownership:
Narrator’s photo.