Tag #151801 - Interview #84041 (Yacob Hollander)

Though I had been in a German concentration camp, was a Jew and had lived in fascists Hungary I didn’t feel any prejudiced attitudes of my bosses toward me. I joined Komsomol [10] in the army. Nobody asked my consent. Political officer of our unit called me and asked me 3 questions: whether I know what Komsomol was and who were Lenin and Stalin. Of course, I knew the answers. He told me to obtain my Komsomol membership card from the Komsomol committee on the following day. I wouldn’t say I was an active Komsomol member. I didn’t even attend meetings having to work at the time they were conducted.