At the age of 13. she left the comforts of her familys Paris apartment and set sail for America on the SS United States with her parents Vincent and Maria Niziuk and her sister Maria. Although the family had very little at the time. they had grand dreams of a better life in America. Her very first glimpse of that dream was the Statute of Liberty. as her ship sailed into New York City on the morning of July 30. 1956. But her journey did not end there. Shortly after clearing immigration. Hedy and her family boarded a train for the long trip to Los Angeles to meet the familys sponsor Wanda Wegrocka. Along the way.
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