European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)

At that time informers, the so called secret agents

were harming the resistance groups heavily, so you had to liquidate such men.

Also many women were shot by the soldiers of the underground.

Women who were at the Gestapo’s services, they had to die.

I think it was necessary and right.

This was war, the invader was uncompromising,

a great many people were dying.

In concentration camps, in the streets.

Many people were arrested.

And once we knew who was to blame for that, then this somebody had to be liquidated immediately.

Tadeusz’s first serious action

The head was this socialist poet, Mr ‘Hagen’ was his pseudonym.

We called him ‘Robert’.

I guess he was the commander of the group.  
So he praised me a lot and asked if I wanted to go for a real sabotage job.

I, naturally, said yes.

‘Then please wait for further orders.

Later I asked my brother Jerzy what kind of action it was supposed to be.

He replied, that the Germans kept police cars and other military trucks under the bridge.

And we were supposed to set them on fire.