Julien Pappé was born in 1920 in Rzeszow, Poland. From a very young age, he was interested in meticulous craftsmanship and joined a model-making club. He later put his talent to use in the manufacture of wooden puppets. When war broke out, he was enlisted as a young officer and formed a puppet theatre troupe with his fellow officers. This gave him the opportunity to satirise the absurdity of war. During the war, he found himself in Russia, where he remained for four years. During this journey, he arrived in Alma-A