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Leonard Victor Ramczykowski

ID: OS-007349-P

Leonard Victor Ramczykowski

First name:
Leonard Victor
Last Name:
Ramczykowski
Date of birth:
1905
Date of death:
1988
Age:
83
Profession:
military / soldier, teacher
Biography:

Victor Ramczykowski (1905-1988), teacher. Before the outbreak of the Second World War, he studied the following at the University of Poznań: Polish studies, German studies, philosophy, psychology, experimental psychology, art history, Slavic philology, Greek literature and art. After graduating, he started working as a foreign language teacher at the Tadeusz Hołówka Gymnasium in Stołpy. Parallel to teaching, he also studied at Vilnius University: history of education, child psychology, experimental psychology, administrative problems of education, general teaching methods, didactic methods of language teaching. In 1931, Ramczykowski married his great love, Eleonora Anna Piskorska (1914-1999), but the war separated them for several years. Leonard was arrested by the Soviets and sent to Siberian gulags; after his release, he joined General Anders' army and took part in the Italian campaign. After several years of separation, they were reunited in London, from where they arrived in Canada in 1952. Until 1968, they worked as teachers on the Squaw Bay Indian Reservation near Thunder Bay, Ontario. In 1963, as a token of their appreciation and gratitude, the Indians appointed Leonard Ramczykowski as Honorary Chief of the Ojibway tribe and named him Niganate (Guiding Light); Eleonora was named Kisssung (Little Sun). Being retired, they moved to Prince Edward Island. They died in the settlement of Summerside and are buried in Saint Mary Roman Catholic Cemetery in Indian River (Prince Edward Island).

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