[1] Wawrosz was born in the village of Końska (now part of Třinec) to a tailor's family as the youngest of nine children.
After the death of his father Wawrosz was raised in the village of Tyra, where he also attended local Polish primary school.
After the outbreak of World War II Wawrosz volunteered in the Polish Army and fought in the Independent Operational Group Polesie of general Franciszek Kleeberg in the battle of Kock in October 1939.
[1] He was later jailed by Nazis and subsequently incarcerated in Gross-Born, Sachsenhausen and Dachau concentration camps.
Wawrosz was an active member of the Polish Cultural and Educational Union and in 1958–1962 was an artistic director of its Puppet Theatre "Bajka".