Eugene

Eugene Ryncarz is a cousin by marriage, and my first Polish teacher. A somewhat mysterious figure from my childhood, I have discovered that he did escape from a Nazi slave labor camp, he fought through Italy with the British Eighth Army and was prevented from returning to Poland until the fall of Communism due to a Stalinist purge. He is 85 and has lost sight in one eye and most of his hearing. Unfortunately age has taken its toll and he does not remember me as a student, nor does he remember much of interest from his time in the United States. I hope that the rest of the visit is more pleasant. Tomorrow, the Burek family.