Would these women be as aware of the war as her city-dwelling countrymen? How might the war have changed her day-to-day life? Would those 5-6 years be markedly different for them than 1929-1935 had been for someone 10 years younger?
To answer your question, we need to look at the differences between german treatment of poles vs Frenchmen. When Germany occupied Poland they killed over 5,470,000 poles. Poland at the time had a population around 35mil. of the number killed, 3,000,000 were Jews, so you could say that you were safer if you were a non Jewish pole. The total death count led to around 16% of the polish population,
In France only 550,000 of the 41,000,000 died, which is about 1.31%.
In both France and Poland women were aware of daily events because of town gossip, more so in France than Poland because of French women being a larger part of the service industry.
Life would have been easier in France because the german army discriminated between Frenchmen and Slavs, and supplies would have been easier to find in France than in Poland. France also surrendered before german bombs could rain down on Paris, which would have kept 80% of the country free from combat early on. A child aged 5-6 would have less of a comparison between the Great Depression vs a 10-15 year old