“You will return here”, “There are no wild beaches anymore” or “No one will give up these years” are just a few hits from the extensive repertoire that are still known and sung by all generations of Poles. Although she achieved spectacular success professionally and is considered a cheerful person in the media, privately she experienced many tragedies. One of them had been her biggest secret for decades.
She lost her father during the war. Later, her mother also passed away
she didn’t have an easy life. During World War II she became a semi-orphan. Father Bernard was murdered by the Nazis in front of her eyes. – When I was walking along the road in a crowd of people, there were dead people and animals lying in the ditches on both sides. A plane was approaching and flying so low that we saw the face of a soldier who was aiming a gun at us – she recalled in . Although she was 5 years old at the time, these painful experiences left their mark on her adult life. A decade later, she also had to face the unexpected death of her mother and from then on she was on her own. It was a real blow for a girl entering adult life. – I still carry this fear within me, I went through hell, but I am alive, I am here and I appreciate it – she said many years later in an interview for .
Irena Santor had a daughter. Sylwia died shortly after birth
Her first husband was the concertmaster and first violinist of the Polish Radio and Television Orchestra, Stanisław Santor. They met in the “Mazowsze” Song and Dance Ensemble, where she started her career. In 1958, the couple got married, and although they were considered a harmonious and happy couple, their relationship ultimately did not stand the test of time. They divorced after 19 years of living together. – It was a hard experience – Santor later. For the next decades, they both kept the real reason for their breakup a secret. Only after the death of Stanisław Santor in 1999 did the painful truth come to light. The couple’s child was also buried in the grave where he was buried.
In 1959, the Santors’ daughter, Sylwia, was born, but they were not allowed to enjoy parenthood for long because she died only two days after birth. The singer did not have any more children, and she never decided to talk about it in the press. – I haven’t talked about it my whole life, it’s my very intimate story and private matter – she commented briefly in an interview with “Dobry Tygodnik”
Source: Gazeta
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