Grandparents who arrived from Poland, a father employed by Houilières and a childhood in a settlement in Valenciennes: Cécile Nowak’s family destiny is a mirror held out to so many others in the region. With its moments of happiness and a not always easy daily life, without accessories or superfluous. ”
We lacked for nothing but it was a simple working class environment, says the judokate. The gifts were always useful, they were clothes at Christmas If, once, I had a doll that my brothers dismembered after two days ….
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