Ryszard Drożdż obituary

My father, Ryszard Drożdż, who has died aged 86 or 87 (nobody really knows), lived most of his adult life as a manual labourer, but the story of his life is a remarkable one.Raised in Poland, he underwent experiences in his early years that read like the script of a film. He was born on a train travelling between Poland and Czechoslovakia to parents Franciszek and Stanislawa, who had eloped due to family disapproval of my grandfather’s socialist beliefs. He grew up in Raków, where his