Eric Roberts

My name is Algis Ratnikasand I was born in a refugee camp in Munich,Germany, in 1947 to Lithuanian parents. Our family emigrated to theUnitedStates in 1950. I remember waking up to the sound of an engine andlookingout an airplane window. Below me I distinctly remember seeing thestatueof a large woman. I had just turned 3 years old. My father had aarrangedfor a job picking tobacco in North Carolina. The job did not wait, buthe was quickly able to contact a school friend, already settled inDetroit,to act as a sponsor. I grew up on the West side of Detroit and attendedMcCarrow public grade school through the 3rd grade and then transferredto St. Cecilia's through the 6th grade, where I also took piano lessonsfor 3 years.