The Memoirs of John Tomczyk
AMONG UNKNOWN HOSTAGES relates the experiences of American civilians who were rounded up by the Nazis and held in Internment Camps once the U.S. entered WWII. Among these thousands of men, women, and children, gentiles and Jews, whose stories have not yet been told was John Tomczyk, whose unusual adventures before and during internment provide a look into an American’s life in occupied Poland. Photos are included which demonstrate the unconquerable spirit of American patriots while inside a Nazi prison. Accounts of John’s relatives escaping a partitioned Poland, tragic stories of immigrant life in his native Chicago, and the hand fate dealt him after repatriation will show the reader a family’s journey spanning a very turbulent century.
Frances Marie Tomczyk resides in Manhattan where she was born. She holds a B.A. in History in History and an M.S. in Education from Hunter College, C.U.N.Y., and studied Travel and Hotel Management at N.Y.U. A polyglot, she has traveled in the U.S. and abroad, where her most exotic adventure was a trek into the center of the Taal volcano in the Philippines. During her business career, Miss Tomczyk worked in the Insurance, Real Estate and Travel Industries in major New York Corporations. She returned in 1997 to her first-love, Education. At present, she teaches fourth grade in Washington Heights.
