On the ninth of Heshvan 1942, the third transportation of the Jews of Hrubieszow took place. All Jews were assembled, including the Judenrat and the Jewish Police. Through various means, David, Abraham and Leibish Lehrer managed to persuade the officer Kantac to let them go free.
Shlomo Brand, of our town, was one of the leaders of the fighters for freedom at the Wilno ghetto. Eng and I asked him to admit us into his classes for training young men and women in the art of warfare. This, of course, was done deep in the woods. The military training was conducted under terrible conditions.
After Poland regained her independence, following World War I, a serious economic crisis set in, because the country lacked the natural resources which could ensure healthy economy. A marked inflationary trend gave rise to a flight from the Polish Zloty. And who should be blamed for this ruinous state of affairs if not the Jews.