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In fact she gives the year as being in some sources [4] and other sources indicated She was raised as a Roman Catholic, the third youngest [4] of six girls and three boys one of whom died. They had quite a large farm and house with many animals and fields which she believes her "grandfather received from some king a big possession, big land and home for some heroic things.

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She and her mother went to visit them and she loved it there and wanted to stay. She had always hated living on the farm; the noise of the chickens and roosters annoyed her no end. But her mother said she was too young to leave home, even if it was with her sisters. They visited again about six months later and she begged to stay and her mother relented.

Her older sister Mary found her a job in a bakery, but some of the lifting was too much for such a small girl so a new job was sought and found working for the Diamant family in their shop. The Diamant family was a Jewish family with a household consisting of an elderly father, the mother who ran the shop and four sons. One worked as a doctor, another named Maks went to dental school, and two were in school.

Not only did Fusia bring life into the shop, but she attracted a younger clientele, some of whom who would buy chocolates for Fusia which she would then return to the case to be sold to someone else. But after working there about a year Fusia grew bored and found another job. Diamant was so sad and lonely that she begged Fusia to come back to work in the shop and she even doubled her pay, so Fusia said yes.

Fusia was still working at the shop for Mrs. Diamant when the war began.