In this branch of the business, however, the Order Service had to share profits with the Polish police, whose recommendation or approval was necessary for each applicant. Basically, negotiations with “clients” were done by the Order Service only, but there were instances where the Polish police did their own business on the side and gave the Order Service a command to be carried out. If a client was pressed for time because of the round-up for the camp, the admission to the Order Service, usually quite a complicated and lengthy affair, was dealt with within several hours: this gave way to the saying famous in the Service: “come morning—a box (with money), come evening—a number (in the Order Service)”. If no positions were available, cautious people bought candidate certificates, confirming that the applicant had the right to the first vacancy. Soon, the candidate certificate business flourished and the rates reached a level not unlike the price of actual vacancies.
Once the liquidation of the Thirteen (Leszno Street 13)727 was decided, Commissioner Auerswald promised [5] to Gancwajch728 that all Thirteen constables would join the ranks of the Order Service. Mr Gancwajch, the altruistic and ethical man that he was, considered it his moral duty to give a certain equivalent to those people who had at such great expense (the alleged price was about 5,000 zlotys) made it to the famous Thirteen. The Order Service, however, in agreement with the Polish police, decided to take these heroes not in gremio,729 nor in groups, but only individually and in the regular manner, which meant that each of them had to pass the examination, obtain a recommendation from the Polish police, and finally be approved by the Order Service. Thus did Mr Gancwajch’s efforts fail, for each of the former Thirteeneers applying for a place in the Order Service had to pay regular tribute.
No one can blame the Order Service for such behaviour: given that it was 200–300 people, who could require of the Order Service dignitaries such a sacrifice, expressed by a five-figure sum?
At the moment, a number of new departments at the Order Service are being organised, namely:
