Character Back Story

Ursula Scottnitski was born on the 12 December 1904. She was born and raised as a Jew in Lanckorona, Poland (Near Krakow). At the age of 4, her parents (Thaddius and Juliett) gave her violin lessons, however after finishing school she chose to follow a different path. In 1914 she was called to the front line to aid injured soldiers, it was there that she met her husband Joszef. In 1915 they were married and had their first child Anka. Unfortunately at the age of 27 and 3 Joszef and Anka died of spanish influenza in 1918. After this tragedy, she left her nursing career, and threw herself back into her music, the only way she knew how to express herself, and became a highly regarded violin teacher in the community of Lanckorona. After the loss of her child, she relied mainly on her neighbour Hero and over the years became great friends with her family. They were both sent to Auschwitz to work in its Sub-camp, Canada in 1940.