Milicjant w opozycji
A policeman in opposition

Summary/Abstract: I grew up in the Home Army legend. My father, who spent the war in the Home Army guerrillasin the “Maka” and “Tatar” units (1st Podhale Rifle Regiment of the Home Army),taught me how to hike in the mountains, and I crossed the partisan trailsthrough the Sądecki Beskids and the Gorce Mountains. My parents wanted me to become a lawyer — a judge or an attorney. I wanted to take history, but I decided that law would be morepractical. In 1965, I passed the exam at the Faculty of Law at the University of Warsaw.For five years, I led a typical student life: classes at the university, winein the “Dziekanka”, parties in clubs, the Independent Salon, catching up on cultural news from the West, listening to “Wolna Europa”, discussions, physical workin the “Plastuś” Student Cooperative...In 1967/68, political activity of students began to awaken, at least that’s how I felt it. Ewa Milewicz from my group founded a discussion group, which was attended by people from other departments. We met in people’s apartments, talked about politics, history, and discovered contradictions between the prevailing doctrine and reality.

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