Paula Balter Lebovics was born in Ostrowiec in September 1933.  She lived in a religious home.  Her parents Israel and Perla Leah Balter, worked in the store owned by her grandfather Akiva Rosset.

Paula's siblings were Herschel, Jonathan, Chaya, Chana, and Josef.

During the Holocaust, Paula went into hiding with her brother Herschel with over 30 others. Her mother Perla and Paula, and possibly Paula's other sisters, were transported in Aug 1944 to Auschwitz.

After the war, Paula eventually moved to Detroit, Michigan; her brother Herschel moved to Australia.