Mieczyslaw Staner was born in the Krakow suburb of Podgórze, and was educated first in a state Primary School and later in a Hebrew Gymnasium on Podbrzezie street in Kazimierz, the oldest Jewish Quarter in Krakow, which was founded by the late Doctor Hilfstein.
He survived the Second World War, after having lived in Krakow Ghetto and been deported to the Nazi concentration camps of Krakow-Płaszów and Mauthausen, near Linz. After the war he completed his education and got a bachelor"s degree in mechanical engineering. He left Poland in 1954 and spent over 4 years in Israel, Canada and Australia, working as a professional Automotive Engineer with several technical engineering publications to his cartulary-register
After his wife"s death he returned to Poland where he devoted his energy and time to charity work.
