the thing I miss most is—it might sound silly, but it’s the cinema. When they told us that Jews couldn’t go to the cinema anymore, that was the very worst of all the rules. A.P. Yes, it was particularly insulting. S.J. I did it anyway. A.P. What do you mean? S.J. I just . . . I knew I could get away with it. Nobody was going to demand to see my papers. And there were so many films I wanted to see! “Holiday,” did you see that? With Cary Grant? Ooh, I loved that. And “Jezebel,” with Bette Davis. And “Profesor Wilczur,” did you see that one? I don’t always love Polish cinema—I prefer American—but
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