No one knew it was a sham wedding
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Marie Poláková was born on January 22, 1950 in Prague. She came from an intellectual patriotic family that lost its original status after the communist coup. Her grandfather Miloš Klika, a prominent Prague doctor and scout, participated in the so-called sandwich affair. Marie Poláková graduated from the Secondary School of Construction. After graduation, she worked in the District Housing Management Company (OPBH). Since 1971, she has been engaged in falconry. She wanted to get an education in the field of artificial breeding of raptors, which they specialized in at Cornell University in the American city of Ithaca. For four years, she earned a ticket to the USA, where the Czechoslovak authorities finally let her go in 1979. During her stay, she decided to stay in America. She met a man who was willing to marry her for money in order to obtain American citizenship. She worked as an au pair and horse nurse in the USA. She later found employment in a design office and in the hospitality industry. She visited her family in Czechoslovakia several times. In 2022, she lived alternately in Salt Lake City, Utah, and in Prague.
