The lives of people on this earth are generally difficult;
however, the lives of the Jews in Poland were incomparably more
difficult even in normal times. And when World War II broke out,
waves of hatred engulfed Europe, and the seeds of anti-Semitism
found fertile soil in Poland, although the main thrust came from
Nazi Germany. A very strong anti-Semitic movement blossomed in
Poland. Polish workers, who officially opposed anti-Semitism,
were not excluded. Jews, especially the progressive youth, were
active in certain of the labor parties, the PPS [Polska Partia
Socjalistyczna Polish Socialist Party] and the PPR [Polska
Partia Robotnicza Polish Workers' Party] [Communist]. With the
outbreak of World War II and the defeat of Poland, these same
Jews began fleeing to the territories occupied by Russia. The
idea of living under the Communist regime fascinated them, and
they also saw this as an opportunity of making their dreams
become a reality. I did not belong to those parties. Their
thinking was strange to me,