Biography
Reverend William Edward Wallner was born in Poland in 1904. He was the only survivor of eleven children in his family. The rest of his family lost their lives during the Holocaust.
Rev. Dr. Wallner was Chaplain General of the Polish Army for many years leading up to World War II and also a member of the pre-war Polish Cabinet. After the war he became Pastor of the 6000 member Lutheran Church in Prague, Czechoslovakia. He became a U.S. citizen in early 1955 and settled in San Bernadino area where he took up photography.
William Wallner died in April 1988 at the age of 84.
From the guide to the William E. Wallner photographs, ca. 1944-1969, (University of California, Santa Cruz. University Library. Special Collections and Archives)
