Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An haifi Grunia Movschovitch a Novogrudek a shekara ta 1916. Sa'ad da take matashiya, ta halarci kwas na ba da taimakon gaggawa kuma ta zama malamar motsa jiki. Saboda haka, sojojin Rasha sun tilasta ta yin aiki a matsayin mai horar da motsa jiki a lokacin mulkinsa.
mamayar Yammacin Poland (1939-41). An tilasta ta ta zauna a cikin ghetto, inda, a 1941, ta shaida kisan dangi da abokai. Bayan da aka harbi ɗan'uwanta a ƙoƙarinsa na gudu kuma aka tura mahaifinta da wani ɗan'uwanta zuwa sansanin fursuna, ta gudu. Ta ɗan sami mafaka a gona amma sai ta bar wurin domin tana da haɗari ga iyalin gonar. Ta sami mafaka a cikin Naliboki Forest, a cikin Belarus na yanzu, inda ta shiga ɗaya daga cikin sansanonin da aka shirya na mayaƙan juriya na Yahudawa waɗanda Tuvia Bielski ke jagoranta. A can ta yi aiki a matsayin ma'aikaciyar jinya kuma ta auri Lewis Ferman, wani ɗan takara wanda ya rasa matarsa da 'yarsa ga Nazis a cikin kisan gilla na Lida. Lewis Ferman ya kawo wa 'yan tawaye kwarewarsa ta kwararru a matsayin mai aikin lantarki kuma ya kasance mai aiki wajen lalata hanyoyin samar da kayayyaki na Jamus da kuma ceton mutane daga ghetto.