Interview with Voytek's granddaughter's grand

I discovered a Polish interview with Voytek's grandaughter (Bartek's daughter) Agness. I translated it and voila! It gives a little insigh into the Frykowski family, which is probably one of the least known families of TLB victims.

Just a note: Agness (nicknamed Frytka) often speaks in the interiew about the "Big Brother". In 2002 she took part in this reality show and ended up having sex with one of the other participants in a jacuzzi. Nothing graphic, detailed or scandalous, but nevertheless for the whole Poland to see. And since Poland is probably the most religious country in Europe, you can imagine the result.

Here you go, exclusively for "Truth on Tate LaBianca", hot from under my fingers (just finished translating it� ;D), Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you:

Frytka is gone

� Is it difficult to bear the Frykowski surname?
Sure. When I appeared in �Big Brother�, I was astonished by what the name Frykowski meant in the movie industry. I also realized how enclosed the Frykowski family clan was. There was a moment when I was crushed, alone and calling my uncles to get some help. All I heard was how shocked they were by my behaviour on screen and that they would like to forget that we�re related. They didn�t want to speak to me and said: �don�t call us anymore�. Only recently Kajetan Frykowski apologized and took his words back. But at that time I was depressed, lynched, people hated me. What did I do to them? I didn�t harm anyone, no child, no woman. It was mere bodily lust and hormones. I had then decided that I shall never ask anyone for help again. That I will battle it out on my own.

� What did you expect from them?
I surely expected no money. I was brought up in manner whereby a woman should be independent. I can�t just ask anyone for money or a loan. Some were suggesting that I should approach Roman Polanski. �Hi Roman, you were a friend of my grandfather Woytek Frykowski, now give me a role in your movie�. How pathetic!

� Did you personally meet Polanski?
I did. When he came to the premiere of �The dance of the vampires� (note: Probably Fearless vampire killers � theatre play) at Roma theatre. I was there too. I was very nervous, but I came to him and introduced myself. I gave him a red rose. During the banquet, we were sitting at the same table and all of a sudden I felt his gaze upon me. He was observing me without interruption and could not move his eyes away. I think he was looking for a resemblance to his dead friend.

� Do you look like your grandfather?
At least a bit, that�s for sure. I have his eyes. And I�m as stubborn as he was, I guess. When I�m determined enough, I can do anything. I�m building my own positions, no one�s helping me. I managed to kick off from the bottom alone.

� When did you reach the bottom?
Right after the �Big Brother�, when people refused to shake hands with me, when I felt like an outcast. I wanted to work as a secretary, but when the wife of my boss-to-be heard about me, she made him refuse my application.

� How much of your father Bartek Frykowski is in you?
Plenty. I have recently heard that you cannot suppress a Frykowski in you even after plastic surgery of a nose. Many people who knew my father say: You are Bartek all over. I was a planned child, despite being born out of wedlock. I�m the child of great and true love.

� It seems your parents knew each other since childhood
They met for the first time on a train. They were children and waved at each other. Later, when my mother brought Bartek home for the first time, my grandmother almost fainted. �Woytek, my God, Woytek!� � she exclaimed. She knew Frykowski family and their story well as she was a teacher and a member of the intellectual elite in Lodz.

�How many years passed since �the train story�?
About 18. My parents knew each other from school. They were so close and so early that some people thought they were twins.

� Why did they break up?
My grandmother Ewa Frykowska did all in her power to separate them.

� Maybe she thought they were too young to start a family?
Of course they were young. But so much in love. My mother still cries when reading old letters from Bartek. He wrote such beautiful letters. He was the love of her life. But Bartek also worshipped his mother. He did not want to do anything against her will. And my mother was not the kind to enforce something against someone else�s wishes and did not want to fight with anyone. She resigned on this subject, left for Germany and tried to make a living for herself there. She gave a birth to another child, so I have a sister. However, she never again loved anyone as much as my father.

� But your father also got married and had two children �
Well, he couldn�t live alone, could he? He�s not the type. From him I have a step sister Roza and a step brother. I remember times, when my mother, Bartek�s wife Monika and he used to all meet. They even went together to buy a pram for Roza after she was born. But their ways parted � it was all about emotions. Monika didn�t like it when I came to stay with them.

� Are you surprised?
No, I�m not. I was a living proof of her husband�s love for another woman. A child loved very much by him. He was with my mother when she gave birth to me.� He called me his �beloved little darling�.

� But then he abandoned you?
He went abroad with his family for a number of years. We didn�t see each other. Maybe he was afraid that he might get too attached to me. Anyway, I missed him a lot. I had dreams about him. I dreamt that I met him on the street, but when I got near it wasn�t him. I longed for his presence so much. And all of a sudden I met him. I was 15 then.

� How did that happen?
There�s a club in Lodz called Fabryka. I was there at a party, walking among people and I felt someone tapping on my shoulder. I looked about and there was my father. I thought I was hallucinating � I mean, he was in Germany. But he started reprimanding me: �Listen you little brat, what is a girl of your age doing in such a place at such an hour? Out you go this instant!�. I replied to him: �Don�t you patronize me after such a long absence�.� But we left anyway and went to a caf� and talked. We called my grandmother and she was overjoyed, because she liked Bartek a lot. We had an unusually serious talk. We were planning the future. He said that now he wants to be in full contact with me and that he loves me. I needed to hear that so much�

� Six years later he died.
Yes, we only met one more time before his death. At his place, during the Easter. He wanted to send me to an acting school and said that he�d help me. He asked me to come to the set of �With fire and sword� with him, but I couldn�t go. I was having my final exams at the academy. Then the contact ceased again for a while. I carried on in my studies, he was realizing some projects in Warsaw. I was very tense the night he died. I had all these bad premonitions, I couldn�t fall asleep. At six in the morning my phone rang. It was Roza calling. Se was crying terribly: �Agness, our father is not alive anymore!� I couldn�t believe it: �Who�s not alive?�, �Our dad, our dad!�. My world collapsed. Grandmother was woken by my wailing. I was shouting that he was always away and now that we get a second chance, he�s gone forever. And that nothing can be done to reverse it.

� Did you know about the obsession with knives that Frykowskis had?
It�s not like my father was obsessed. He was fascinated by knives and collected them. His father died by the knife. But he would never take his life this way. At least that�s what I thought. Now I�m not sure anymore� They say that he died of love. He couldn�t enjoy life anymore. My father was a bit crazy. My mother told me that when they still lived together, he threatened her that he�ll jump out of the window if she doesn�t tell him that she loves him. He was hanging out of the window, threatening to jump. But he was joking. But at that time� he had no reason to die. He had a lot of plans, got some new film project offers from Germany. I guess I�ll never know what really happened that night. And maybe it�s better that way.

� Are you inclining to slide into depression, just like your father?
When I�m in love, I love to death. I forget about the world around me, I get lost within my love. The man I love I want to lock away and hide him from everyone. And that can eventually lead to depression and frustration. Year and a half ago I broke off a deep relationship with a man 27 years older than me. It struck me heavily, yet I never considered suicide. I was alone as of then. Really. And couple of weeks ago I met a guy who enchanted me. And I�m flying in it again.

� Let�s get back to the Frykowski family. Did you have any closer relationships with them?
In the past I tried to tie closer contacts with my father�s family, but still I remained an outsider. Later I stopped trying. My father�s death did not bring us any closer. I have no contact with grandmother Frykowska. I knew her when I was a child. She seemed to me as a beautiful, blond princess.� She promised to take care of me. It all ended in mere words. I think she doesn�t like me, because I remind her of her son�s younger years that she could not accept. I wanted to be close to her, but not anymore.�

� You have some of her blood in you.
I have 0 Rh- blood in me. Perhaps if I had a child of my own, she would want to see her great grandson.

� Do you monitor the fate of the Frykowski family?
I read all that�s published about them. It�s an unusual family full of artists, movie makers� Even Ewa Frykowska, who had men falling to their knees in front of her� I�m proud of my ancestors.

� Are you a lawful heiress?
I am, however I do not know whether I�ll ever see a cent from the million dollars my father was to receive. This money is in the States. Royalties from Manson�s production, which was awarded by the court to Woytek�s family as damages. I might get involved in this in the future. I will need a good lawyer.

� What would you do with such assets?
Banal stuff � I�d buy myself a house, a car. But I�d also like to build a retirement home. I have a weakness for old people. Maybe because I was brought up by my grandmother. I could dedicate the home to my father�s memory. In the future, I�d like to establish a Bartek Frykowski foundation. I do not want him to be forgotten.

� Do you speak to your father?
Often. And I sense he hears me. At All Saints Day I visit his grave and I speak and speak. When I feel down, I tell him about it. And when I really did hit the bottom after the �Big Brother� and I didn�t know which way to move, I went to the cemetery. It was raining heavily. And I said: �Dad, give me a sign if you can hear me�. And at that very moment clouds parted and the sun appeared and tears were rolling down my cheeks. I feel that he�s looking after me from above. He helps me fulfill my dreams, my studies at the acting school, my ambitions.

� Do you believe in fate?
I don�t know. I don�t want to believe in it, because it would mean that we have little control over our destiny. Sometimes I think that if there is fate, or curse, then it affects the entire lineage. And perhaps I�m that very Frykowski who will avert this evil energy. And that all will be fine. We�ll meet at a full table, we�ll hug and kiss each other. I feel I have the power in me to achieve this. I walk, I fall and I get up again.

Thanks for the article.

Thanks for appreciating it. I found this massive Polish article on the Frykowski family. But it'll take weeks before I finish translating it. I don't really speak Polish, but I'm fluent in three very similar Slavic languages, so with a little effort and a tiny bit of dictionary help, I can gather 90% of what's said or written. But it takes time... :-[

[quote author=catscradle77 link=topic=2043.msg5811#msg5811 date=1196116271] What is your native tongue?
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It depends... ;D
The language of my parents is Slovak. But as I've spent 20 of my 30 years in South Africa, I'd call my native tongue South African English 
And then, out of interest, I learnt Czech and Russian.

[quote author=catscradle77 link=topic=2043.msg5859#msg5859 date=1196248429]
Cool. Without sounding more stupid than usual ;D, what took you to South Africa, and what is it like there? I am so un-traveled, but have an interest in lots of places.
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My parent's emigrated there when I was a child and obviously took me along. My family still stays there, but I moved back to continental Europe a couple of years back. I guess I just had enough of the "affirmative action" and being "Guilty of being White".

Dragunov,

thanks for taking the time to translate the article and then to post it.  It was great!  Look forward to more posts from you.

[quote author=catscradle77 link=topic=2043.msg5868#msg5868 date=1196252979]
Did you have a destination in mind when you left? And do you go back and visit?
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I guess my parents did have a destination in mind. RSA needed white intelligence and any white immigrant with a university degree got almost immediate citizneship and social benefits uncomparable to other countries. There one had to go to kind of a refugee camp first. To put it simply, RSA welcomed educated whites with its arms opened.

I go visit quite often. My parents, brother and sister, uncles and aunts, cousins etc. are all there. I go there to visit, but shall probably never live there again. South Africa is a beautiful country when you are a tourist, but not when you are white South African citizen having to put up with all the shit and fear you have to live in every day...

[quote author=catscradle77 link=topic=2043.msg5879#msg5879 date=1196287341]
Wow. I can not even imagine the fear. I can not even imagine having enough courage to leave a country and go somewhere else on my own. Did you have a job and a place to go lined up? Much admiration for you and your journey. For once in my life, I am speechless and in awe of the strength of human spirit to journey and persevere.
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It's not that diffcult actually, if you're determined enough. It certainly makes one stronger, but if one's not lazy and not a complete idiot, one can start a new life almost anywhere.. 

Where are you guys from, if you don't mind my asking?

[quote author=catscradle77 link=topic=2043.msg5881#msg5881 date=1196288348]
I am in the United States, Cleveland Ohio.(the home of rock and roll museum) It is quickly becoming winter, and I like the cold, but only when I am indoors. I just turned 40 in February, but sometimes act like I am two... ;D..

And you, where do you find yourself now?
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I live in Prague now. I just turned 30 in April and I too act like I'm 2. But not sometimes, but almost always... 

[quote author=catscradle77 link=topic=2043.msg5883#msg5883 date=1196288657]
;D Most of the time I speak whats on my mind (and I am teh kind to say it)...keeping it real, and lots of people laugh and find it amusing. I just do what comes naturally and sometimes naturally is acting like a jackass...but it is always fun, and one never knows what to expect.

Being a metal head --have any bands to recommend?
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It's difficult to recommend. My favourites are Megadeth, Metallica (pre-1986 stuff), Slayer, Sepultura and my all time favourite Iron Maiden.

But as I grow older I grow fond of stuff like Lynyrd Skynyrd, Black Sabbath (Ozzy period only), Queen (1970's stuff), The Police and from more recent bands SOAD and Dream Theatre.

No way!!! Which of the Maidens??? I once caught a Nicko McBrain's drumstick at a concert. Iron Maiden saw me trhough so many teenage nights and days. And I still love them.

Prague? In Prague there something for everyone. History, architecture, cheap beer, cheap chicks..