Sukacz, Walter
(1927 - 2008)by Jennifer Moskal
81, was a reference librarian at the Library of Congress. Sukacz, a native of Jaskowicz, Poland, was seized by Nazis by the time he was 16 and sent to work on a forced labor farm in Germany. He was liberated by U.S. soldiers in 1945. He emigrated to the United States in 1949 and joined the U.S. Army serving in Germany during the Korean War. He graduated from Georgetown University with a degree in Russian language in 1958. Since he spoke six languages, could work with Slavic and Romance languages, and due to his military clearance he got a job at the Library of Congress working with intelligence documents and foreign-language works. He was recalled to the Army during the Cuban missile crisis and returned to his job at the library after his discharge, retiring in 1999. He was also active in several religious organizations.
Source: Polish American Journal, October 2008, Vol. 97, No. 10.