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How does it feel to stand in front of a firing
squad? Strangely enough one reacts very little, the
Polish Red Cross man explained to me, He had
been very active in the Polish resistance movement.
The Gestapo had caught him and he had been
taken to a place of execution. One feels almost
apathetic when facing the inevitable,” he said,
”apart from feeling a certain satisfaction about
having worked for a righteous cause.” Fate had
intervened, however, and he had succeeded in
making his escape. At the moment he was to be
executed, a Gestapo officer had discovered that he
had a very fine wristwatch. The German had asked
him if he would give him the watch, in return for
which he would help him escape. The result was
that the firing squad, on the order of the Gestapo
officer, had fired into the air. The Pole was
allowed to escape. He had succeeded in returning to
Warsaw where he had gone underground and once
more joined the resistance movement.
The Polish and Swedish flags were run up as
we arrived at Dzierzazno, where the Polish
children were lined up in the yard. The Polish and
Swedish national anthems were sung, and after that
we made a tour of the home. The impressions we
received were, on the whole, of the very best. There
seemed to be excellent cooperation between the
Polish director and the Swedish superintendent. In
this refugee home, which was supported by the
Swedish Red Cross, needy children from different.
parts of Poland were cared for. Also a fairly
extensive school program was carried out, for which
adepuate quarters were available. I was not, however,
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