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our troop to be part of the Szare Szeregi.

our troop to be part of the Szare Szeregi [Gray Ranks - the underground paramilitary Polish Scouting Association].

And when time comes and the weather is dark enough, then we’ll do a 
job under the Poniatowski bridge.’

And when time comes and the weather is dark enough, then we’ll do a job under the Poniatowski bridge.’

And he: ‘It won’t matter to you anyway, as soon as you bite it you die.’  
It was cyanide.

And he: ‘It won’t matter to you anyway, as soon as you bite it you die.’ It was cyanide.

It worked out fine.  
We were able to see if we had succeeded only the following day.

It worked out fine. We were able to see if we had succeeded only the following day.

That’s how I became a soldier of the 3rd regiment of the Polish Legions under the command of ‘Szary.

That’s how I became a soldier of the 3rd regiment of the Polish Legions under the command of 'Szary'.

I said: ‘What the heck, let’s just stay here, we won’t sell ourselves cheap. That’s it.’ It’s the end anyway...

I said: ‘What the heck, let’s just stay here, we won’t sell ourselves cheap. That’s it.’ It’s the end anyway...'

There was a big slip-up, exactly in 1942 in this printing house, they were printing meinlowki and wolfartowski cards.

There was a big slip-up, exactly in 1942 in this printing house, they were printing meinloswki and wolfartowski cards.

There was a big slip-up, exactly in 1942 in this printing house, they were printing meinloswki and wolfartowski cards.

There was a big slip-up, exactly in 1942 in this printing house, they were printing meinlowski and wolfartowski cards.

Wileńszczyzna was captured by the Russian army.

the Vilnius Region was captured by the Russian army.

I came to Vilnius and the Soviets started deporting Poles from on a large scale.

I came to Vilnius and the Soviets started deporting Poles from the city on a large scale.

I was walking a few kilometers towards Wilia.

I was walking many kilometrers along the river Neris, which flowed a few kilometers from us.

First, we could see explosions, there were lights so that we could see at night,

First, we could see explosions, there were lights so that they could see at night where to bomb

One beautiful day I was by the river Wilia,

One beautiful day I was by the river Neris,

Agriculture buildings, where the workers lived.

Agriculture buildings, where the workers lived, were far away.

She asked if they could live at my place?

She asked if they could live at my place.

During the first war at POW, she was baptized, was very catholic,

She was in the PMO (Polish Military Organisation) during the first war, she was baptized, was very catholic,

Hiding a Jewish couple: Hannah & Arnold Minkowscy

Hiding a Jewish couple: Hannah & Arnold Minkowski

She was a daughter of the best Jewish dentist,

She was a daughter of the best dentist of Vilnius, who was a Jew.

who escaped from Germany, came to Vilnius, met Hana and married her.

who escaped from the Germans, came to Vilnius, met Hana and married her.

Minkowscy’s death, hiding a Jewish child

Minkowski’s death, hiding a Jewish child

They survived, and after the Russian army came they could leave the forest.

They survived, and after the Soviet army came they could leave the forest.

and the priest Kretowicz sent his brother`s wife just to help her at the farm house.

and the priest Kretowicz sent her to his brother's wife to help at the farm house

People were put in a row, bodies were brown.

People were put in a row, gunshot in the back of the neck", the bodies were brown.