Jean (Giza) Chapnick was born in Chrzanow, Poland in the early 1920s and grew up in the nearby town of Mszana Dolna. Her childhood is filled with warm memories from her religious Jewish household, which she shares at https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/there-was-life-wonderful-memories-of-poland/. After the German invasion of Poland in September 1939, Jean’s family escaped east to Lutsk (now … Continued
