Genealogy / Displaced Persons Camp / Work camp and concentration camp difference [86]

Merged: Question about relatives who were forced labor and lived in Minden displaced persons camp after WWII

Hello everyone,

I have always been extremely interested in my family's history, but my grandparents, who were separated from their parents at a young age and sent to Germany to work on German farms, were always very reluctant to discuss anything. My grandfather recently passed away, so I finally have access to some of his paperwork.

Their marriage paperwork states that my grandmother's place of birth is Dybków, Pieniawa, Jarosław, Krakowski. The only thing my grandmother told me was that she lived on a farm as a child, and had no paperwork (i.e. birth certificate) as children were born at home and never documented. Does this sound likely or do you think this would just be an attempt not to discuss her history? Also, can someone tell me where this area is, and if it presently has a different name?

Any help that anyone can provide would be greatly appreciated. I live in Buffalo, NY, USA (an area with one of the biggest Polish populations in the US) and would be glad to help anyone with research from this geographic area (library records, gravestones, etc.)

Thank you,
Katie