Janina Wiener with her son Jerzy at his house in Sweden

Janina Wiener with her son Jerzy at his house in Sweden

This is me and my only son, Jerzy Wiener. This picture was taken in the living-room of his house in Lund [a university town of approx. 100,000 some 10 km from Malmo], in Sweden. I can’t remember what was the occasion, but it was taken a few years ago.

Since mid-January 1991 I have been living part of the year here in Cracow, part of the year in Lund. In December 1990 my husband died suddenly. My son had been urging us to move to Sweden even before that. Both me and my husband had already secured permanent stay permits. 

My son Jerzy got married in Sweden, works as a dental surgeon and lives in Lund. He has two sons. They're called Jerry and Edward, but we all call him Tedi. Tedi has just been admitted to a teacher training college but I don't know whether he won't change his mind, because he first wanted to be a pilot, then a sailor, and his interests aren't really specified. Tedi understands a lot of Polish, but doesn't speak it so well.

Jerry speaks Polish and is 35 today. He is a businessman and runs his own company. He has just… What day do we have today? Wednesday? Jerry was here Friday, Saturday, Sunday. Here in Cracow. He came with his colleagues. Jerry has a child, but no wife. My great-granddaughter is called Natalie and is 15 years old. They live together near Lund, in Steffanstorp. 

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