and that's in katowice somewhere, walking in the park. >> marzynski: so that's prince edward. >> that's me, "prince edward," that's right. >> marzynski: and the king and the mother. >> and men were swarming around her like flies, and my father was just constantly... he was extremely jealous and he threatened if she doesn't marry him that he would commit suicide. i will tell you, she was the real hero during world war ii. >> marzynski: when the war started, katowice was inundated with germans, forcing ed and his family to flee. his father went to hide in eastern poland. his mother brought ed to krakow. >> we lived in krakow and my mother expected the police to come, and she didn't want me in the house, so she gave me a salami and some money and said, "be away for the whole day. don't come home until the evening." >> marzynski: he rode the trams all day, every day. >> one thing which was against me is my circumcision. the other thing that was against me is that most of the polish kids were fair, they were blond, they were blue-eyed. i was dark. so i went to the barber and asked him to cut

i will tell you, she was the real hero during world war ii. >> marzynski: when thear started, katowice was inundated with germans, forcing ed and his family to flee. his father went to hide in eastern poland. his mother brought ed to krakow. >> we lived in krakow and my mother expected the police to come, and she didn't want me in the house, so she gave me a salami and some money and said, "be away for the whole day. don't come home until the evening." >> marzynski: he rode the trams all day, every day. >> one thing which was against me is my circumcision. the other thing that was against me is that most of the polish kids were fair, they were blond, they were blue-eyed. i was dark. so i went to the barber and asked him to cut my hair, and unfortunately, i looked more jewish without hair than with hair. from time to time, i would be thinking about my mother and very concerned. what happens if i me home and she's not there? what would i do with myself? >> marzynski: desperate to save her son, ed's mother made a decision as difficult as the one my mother made. she brought him to this pol