In 1943 he was able to escape and join the Armia Ludowa communist resistance organization. Arrested again in 1944 he was bound for Auschwitz concentration camp, but his transport was liberated by Polish partisans before it reached the camp.
In 1943, he escaped and allied himself with the Armia Ludowa communist resistance organization. Captured once more in 1944, he was on his way to be imprisoned at Auschwitz concentration camp, but a group of Polish fighters intervened before he could reach the camp.