It was 8km outside of Białystok, which was a city of 300,000. Yes, people in the cities did have those things, but compared to the country, you had much more d

It was 8km outside of Białystok, which was a city of 300,000. Yes, people in the cities did have those things, but compared to the country, you had much more difficulty getting food products. Since we produced those items, we simply made sure the inspectors didn't know about the food we kept for ourselves. The national ration cards were irrelevant to us. It was a pretty terrible time in Poland under communism, even though it did have some positive aspects, overall, it was terribly dehumanizing, at least from my perspective.