(1 Oct. 1917-1 Oct. 1943), refugee. Born presumably in Poland. He was a student 1936-1939 at the London School of Economics, in the University of London, England, but his academic performance was wretched and he did not complete his studies. When WWII began, he was at his home in Poland. Some weeks after the fall of Warsaw, he and a brother managed to escape from Poland to Japan. They joined the Free Polish movement, in connection with which Samuel reached Canada in 1940 or 1941, and he was either undergoing military training or was working there when he fell ill with multiple sclerosis. As the disease began to affect his mind, he was, for some months, a mental patient in the Verdun Protestant Hospital. From January 1943, able to work again, he was an Alexandria resident working for the Britannic Converters Co. of Alexandria. This unfortunate refugee, one of so many of his time, died in the Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, on his birthday, aged 26, after falling ill again on 25 Sept. The funeral was in Montreal.

Glengarry News 8 Oct. 1943 * information from the archives of the University of London and the London School of Economics * Krugman’s illness and support by Jewish charitable funds are described in a letter 10 March 1942 by an unnamed relief funds executive, United Jewish Relief Agencies Collection, Canadian Jewish Congress National Archives