but there is still the Polish intelligentsia, which would come to their senses after the war regarding the Jewish question. After the war, St. L. told me, democracy would come to power in Poland. This would be the determining factor and it would solve the Jewish question fairly. State antisemitism would no longer exist. And a strong democratic government would pass a law banning the instigation of one race against another. When the ghetto was established, my friend moved into the Jewish district and took a senior position in the Jewish Order Service. I am friends with him still, despite the differences in our beliefs. Recently, I have spoken to him about relations in the ghetto. What an odd turn of events. My friend rebukes assimilationists. They keep away from the Jewish masses. They do nothing to raise the cultural and civilisational standards of Jewry. They are even baptised in the ghetto!—he shouts in outrage. Out of pure snobbery. What a change has taken place in this man, who just recently used to call the Jewish masses plebs. I asked him about the future of Jews after the war. I pointed out to him the sordid conduct of Poles. He answered indignantly that the whole nation cannot be blamed for petty bourgeois philistines. There is still the Polish intelligentsia; it has undergone a change; it will determine the future the Polish state. Polish–Jewish relations will be in order. He was and still is optimistic regarding the Jewish issue in Poland. As a service-minded man of great integrity, he always helps everyone whenever possible. Jewish agents of different political outlooks have always valued him as a cultural and ideologically honest man. I think the same of him. His attitude towards the Zionist movement is now friendly and appreciative. As I said before, he is outraged by the assimilationists.
In this paper, I have presented the attitudes of assimilationists and converts, as well as their mentality. Finally, I would like to share my conclusions regarding this group in the ghetto. Most converts will have nothing in common with Jews after the war. On the contrary, their contact with the Jewish masses and its particular qualities triggered by living in the dire circumstances of the Jewish street have resulted in an even greater aversion towards Jewish people. But we must not forget [11] one thing. Among converts, there were a number of outstanding individuals who evinced a newly found sense of solidarity with Jewry. Such individuals must be brought closer to their native people through peaceful persuasion. I am confident that if this work is carried out properly, many of them will return to Judaism. The same goes for assimilationists—there are a number of outstanding individuals among them, who
