European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)

A lot of young people at the time had grudges to our former political system, the period of Piłsudski’s rule,

with many wrongs and a lot of poverty.

Young people very often did not accept the situation

in new Poland and wanted to introduce a more democratic system.

That is why my brother joined the PPS (Polish Socialist Party).

But not the one under the aegis of the Soviet Union which was called RPPS, the so-called Workers’ Socialist Party,

German administrator: Erik Erdbrüger

As early as October the Germans sent in the so-called Treuhänder, (a trustee) on behalf of the Germans.

Not only a caretaker but an administrator.

His name was Mr Erik Ertbruger.

A well built, tall, handsome man.

He was a plane spotter and was shot down over Poland

and then command assigned him to administer this Polish land estate so that he could rest peacefully away from the front and the hardships of war.

Ertbruger at first behaved decently.

He played with us kids.

And it seemed that he was quite a nice man.

Well, unfortunately, the Germans found out that I, my sister and mother were registered for residency in Warsaw

and in December 1939 or in January 1940 they resettled us to Warsaw.

My grandma, aunt and cousin, Hanka, were allowed to live there till about 1941,

when they were relocated to a neighbouring estate of Orszymowo.