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The Exquisite Corpse of Stanistaw Zelazny

The Exquisite Corpse of Stanistaw Zelazny

Drawn by Mary Lou Zelazny, Lisa Boumstein-Smalley, and Geoffry Smalley

 

I have chosen my father, Stanislaw Zelazny, because of his WWII experiences. In 1938, at the age of 14, he was kidnapped from his home by the German military for slave labor. 40,000 to 50,000 children aged 14 to 15 were abducted in operation 'Heu-Aktion.' The term means harvesting the hay. After the liberation, my father joined the British reconstruction forces.—Mary Lou Zelazny