Salem woman tells of youth under European oppression
BY MELANIE PLENDA Maria Guza sits in her daughter’s kitchen in Salem. Fresh coffee brews on a nearby credenza as rescue dogs and cats doze on the floor in the afternoon sun. The clock chimes without notice and clicks along. Without thinking, Maria runs her right hand over the crude indelible lettering imprinted in the curve of her left hand. It’s her name. “It’s hard for me,†the 85-year-old …
Published Oct 27, 2010.
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