Memories from the Abyss/But I Had a Happy Childhood
Memories from the Abyss/But I Had a Happy Childhood
Name: William
Country of Origin : Poland
Camps : Forced labour camps in Poland, hid in Poland
William Tannenzapf was born in Stanislawow, Poland in 1911. During the war in 1941, William and his wife gave birth to his daughter Renate. William gave Renate to a Polish family so that she could live and be safe. After the war, William, his wife and their daughter reunited and lived in a displaced persons camp in Germany. In 1948, they immigrated to Montreal, Canada. William worked at Westinghouse Electric in Hamilton where he had a successful career as an electrical engineer. He invented technologies and earned several patents before dying in 2011.