European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)

It was 1941.

The German-Soviet war broke out in June 1941 and it was still this year.

So I tried hard to rent a wagon, which could take us to Belarus.

Hana had some clothes, Arnold did not have any, but she had some stuff,

maybe she got something from her father. But we had something which could be sold.

I had little money, but enough to buy food.

There was one man, who bought some small land from Orwidów.

He was called Dzanuk as he was always dreaming about going to America,

that is why he was called like that, but his real last name was Mackiewicz, Janek Mackiewicz.

He decided, that he could take them by horse about 100 kilometers to Belarus to the Fedecki family.

They died there by the way.

So one family left our place.

I went to Vilnius, I had a contact spot because I had to get documents for one person

who was supposed to come to me in Orwidów, take those documents and go, I guess to Warsaw.

I went to a lady that I saw once in my life.

It was my contact spot.

She said to me: you can save a child.

Additionally, I did not like children, they were horrible.

So there is a story that her friend from Warsaw, not exactly from Warsaw, she was more from Vilnius.

Before the Second World War they took part in some first-aid course.