Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - I whanau a Dojc i Humenné, i te rawhiti o Slovakia, a i noho ia i te nuinga o tona tamarikitanga i reira. He tumuaki kura tuarua tōna pāpā, he kaiako tōna whaea. I muri mai ka neke tona whanau ki Bratislava i reira i ako ai a Dojc i te hangarau miihini me te hinengaro i te Whare Wananga o Comenius. I te tau 1968, i te wa o te kaupapa whakawhitiwhiti raumati i Rānana, United Kingdom, te Warsaw Pact Invasion o Czechoslovakia
I whakaekehia tōna tāone kāinga, ā, i akiaki i a Dojc kia noho tonu ki Ingarangi. I runga i te tohutohu a tona papa, ka neke ia ki Toronto, Canada i te tau e whai ake nei.