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'''''Dr. Krotoski was a pro-life giant, who forever changed the life landscape in the Louisiana legislature, nationally, and internationally''''' -- The Reverend Gene Mills of the Louisiana Family Forum.</blockquote>
'''''Dr. Krotoski was a pro-life giant, who forever changed the life landscape in the Louisiana legislature, nationally, and internationally''''' -- The Reverend Gene Mills of the Louisiana Family Forum.</blockquote>
==Biography==
A citizen of [[Poland]] by birth, Krotoski was actually born in [[Riga]], [[Latvia]], where his father, Ludwik Krotoski, was the charge d'affairs of the Polish consulate. In 1939, his parents and two older siblings were living in [[Warsaw]] awaiting assignment when [[Nazi]] [[Germany]] invaded Poland and began [[World War II]]. With Poland abandoned to [[communism]] after the war, the Krotoskis managed to reach [[London]], where Ludwig served the Polish government-in-exile until after the war. In 1949, the Krotoskis became [[Great Britain|British]] subjects but that same year immigrated to the United States. In 1955, they were [[Naturalization|naturalized]] as American citizens while residing in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]].<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://obits.theadvocate.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=wojciech-antoni-krotoski-md-al&pid=177143557&fhid=17444#sthash.Bp4R3JLP.dpuf|title=Wojciech Antoni Krotoski|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|accessdate=January 6, 2016}}</ref>
A citizen of [[Poland]] by birth, Krotoski was actually born in [[Riga]], [[Latvia]], where his father, Ludwik Krotoski, was the charge d'affairs of the Polish consulate. In 1939, his parents and two older siblings were living in [[Warsaw]] awaiting assignment when [[Nazi]] [[Germany]] invaded Poland and began [[World War II]]. With Poland abandoned to [[communism]] after the war, the Krotoskis managed to reach [[London]], where Ludwig served the Polish government-in-exile until after the war. In 1949, the Krotoskis became [[Great Britain|British]] subjects but that same year immigrated to the United States. In 1955, they were [[Naturalization|naturalized]] as American citizens while residing in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]].<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://obits.theadvocate.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=wojciech-antoni-krotoski-md-al&pid=177143557&fhid=17444#sthash.Bp4R3JLP.dpuf|title=Wojciech Antoni Krotoski|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|accessdate=January 6, 2016}}</ref>