European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)
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We shared everything, ate together, all that we managed to collect, all money was shared.
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During the German times, I used to go to the villages and sell.
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The house was furnished, so I sold duvets, linen, place settings, covers.
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I sold that as we had to live somehow.
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The Zambrowicz family was there but they lived by themselves.
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Well, I had known Natka for a long time, since our childhood.
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Stefan worked a little bit, but he had no idea how to work in the countryside.
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He was a city person, a journalist,
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so he had no clue, but obviously he was trying to do something, tried to help.
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The wages were not as good as during the Soviets times,
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we had to do anything, load the wood for the Germans, offer help by lending the horse, carriage and a worker.
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So we did not make any money.
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We had to steal wood from our own forest,
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some dry trees we used to cut down and take to Vilnius where we sold it to make some money.
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Beginning of the German-Soviet war, hiding refugees
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I was walking many kilometrers along the river Neris, which flowed a few kilometers from us.
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I went to one household, where a worker was – Mr. Joseph – he had a home farm as he got married with a rich lady Lachowiczówna.
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They took care of me and again I had a place to live.
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I helped Mrs. Lechowiczówna in the garden.
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After three, maybe four days we heard bombarding as if from Vilnius.
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