I WAS born in 1923 in the small village of Lassoth (now in Poland), near the Czech border, and I grew up in a poor farming family.
ES PIEDZIMU 1923. gadā trūcīgā zemkopju ģimenē netālu no Čehijas robežas kādā ciematā, ko sauca Lasota (tagad tas atrodas Polijas teritorijā).