I was born in 1933 in Krakow Poland. I never knew my parents; my first memories were from an orphanage. I was taken into custody after the Germans invaded Poland when I was seven. They plucked me into a German family, so I spent WW2 living in Berlin. After the Russians captured Berlin, I moved to Soviet occupied Poland when WW2 ended and started work as a dressmaker. I married my husband in 1949. I have 9 kids, 18 grandkids, and 5 great grandkids in my family. I am still working to this day