Schurz High School Alumni
Chicago, Illinois (IL)
Alexandra Everist (Alexandra Kowalski)
Schurz High School
Class of 1969
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ALEXANDRA'S PROFILE
| First Name | Alexandra |
| Last Name | Everist |
| Maiden Name | Kowalski |
| Graduation Year | Class of 1969 |
| Gender | Female |
| City | N/A |
| State/Province | CO |
| Country | United States |
| Occupation | Author |
| Married | Yes |
| About Me | New Book Recounts Gulag Horrors of 89-Year-Old Pole No Place to Call Home has just bee released on Amazon. The book relates the experiences of a 19-year-old Pole who is captured by the Soviets at the beginning of World War II and sent to a Siberian concentration camp in Kolyma. It is a story that is largely forgotten in most history books today. In order to survive the un-survivable, the prisoners must work in collaboration with each other. This is the story of those forgotten lives. Kowalski received the Siberian Cross at the WWII Museum in Auburn, Indiana on Memorial Day, May 25, 2009. The Polish government instituted the Siberian Cross in 2004 to officially recognize the enforced deportations 1939-1956 of Polish citizens to Northern Russia, Siberia and Kazakstan. When the Second World War started, Soviet Union forces overran Poland 's eastern border and started forcibly sending families to camps in Siberian forests where they worked like slaves. Those who were in the military were sent to the Siberian gulags. Kowalski was sent to Kolyma near Magadan. Some 1.7 million Polish citizens were deported to Siberia. Thousands perished in the bleak conditions while many of those who survived did not return to a communist Poland after the war ended. Born in London , England , the daughter of Stanley Kowalski, Alexandra Everist came to Chicago in 1960. She received her B. A. in English from Alliance College and her MBA from Lake Forest Graduate School of Management. She has four sons, one daughter, one granddaughter and one step-son. She has been an active member of Rotary International since 1988. This is her second published work. A Katrina Moment, the story of two lovers who remain behind during Hurricane Katrina and assist in relief efforts, was released in 2008 Stanley Kowalski was born in Jazlowiec , Poland in 1920. At the age of 19, he was captured by the Soviets and incarcerated in numerous prisons before being sentenced to the Siberian gulag in the gold mines of Kolyma . After his release, Stanley joined the 1st Polish Armoured Division and fought in Normandy , Belgium , Holland and Germany where he was shot just before the end of the war. Stanley moved to England where he met and married the mother of his three children, Joyce Fleming. The family immigrated to the US in 1960. Joyce died in 1965. Stanley now lives in Auburn , Indiana with his current wife, Maryla Garczynska Kowalski. More information is available at www.alexandraeverist.com Alexandra Everist Author of "A Katrina Moment" Co-Author of "No ...(read more) |
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