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Photo Gallery

  • Introduction
  • Stanley and Diana
    • Stanley and Diana
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    • Becoming a Businessman
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    • A Wedding in Wartime
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Steyer Danuta Polish Passport US Nonimmigrant Card Front

Immigration Card, Diana Steyer

Steyer_Stanislaw_Polish_Passport_pp02_03

Polish Passport, Stanley Steyer

Birth Certificate

Birth Certificate, Stanley Steyer

Diana and Stanley Steyer after the war

Stanley and Diana

Prison-release

Prison Release Document

Copy of Stanley and Diana's marriage certificate, obtained after the war. Note the use of false names: Stanislaw Olgierd Sternikowski and Anna-Maria Krzeminska

Marriage Certificate

Stanley-and-Diana-wedding-photo

Stanley and Diana, September 21, 1943

Diana-(Warsaw)

Danuta (Diana) Kintzel, Warsaw, ca. 1943

Kintzel Family

Danuta, Tadeusz, Józef, and Władysława Kintzel, ca. 1930s

Helena, David, and Nina: 1941

An example of an identity document. Even after the war, Stanley used the name "Stanisław" (his false identity during wartime) on identity documents.

False Identity Papers

Helcia and David

Helena Steyer and David Gdanski, 1939

Stanley and Israel_Kielce 1938

Stanley and Israel. Kielce, Poland, 1938

Stanley at University

Stanley Steyer, University of Poznan, 1933

Helcia with friends

Helena Steyer and friends, ca. 1930

Helena (Helcia) Steyer, ca. 1927

Helena (Helcia) Steyer, ca. 1927

Gimnasium class

Jewish Secondary School for Boys in Kielce, Grade 2

Stanley with Mother and Sister

Salomea, Stanley, and Helena Steyer, 1919

Sarah-(Waksberg)-Steyer-with-mother-and-siblings

Salomea Waksberg with Mother and Siblings, 1936

Sigfrid (Szulem) Sztajer

Siegfried Steyer, as a young man

Sara Waksberg

Salomea Waksberg, as a young woman

Family Tree

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