This is a photo of me from the 2000s. I don’t know who took this picture. It is part of my private archive.
I was a Zionist ever since I turned seven years old. It was humiliating for me that my nation didn't have its own state. There was no talk of anti-Semitism, but I thought a Jewish state should be set up.
I made Zionist speeches when I was seven years old. I would stand on a table in our villa in Michalin and shout: 'Precz z Anglia' ('Down with England'), because England was an opponent then and a lot depended on England.
There were times when it was better not to advertise my heritage, but I was never ashamed of it. There is a kind of duality in me, although now I feel primarily a Jew, not a Pole of Jewish origin.
I was always a supporter of Zionism and I was full of admiration for Israel, which I have visited four times.
The first time I went there was in 1963, before the war. I'm a supporter of the existence of the state of Palestine, but I don't want it to be a country which destroys another one.
I have become convinced that I have a group of faithful readers, who find consolation in reading my books.
I have also written three biographical books: 'Ja, Michal z Montaigne' (I, Michel from Montaigne'), 'Blazen - wielki maz. Opowiesc o Tadeuszu Boyu-Zelenskim' ('Jester - Great Statesman.
Story of Tadeusz Boy-Zelenski') [Warsaw, 1990], 'Moj przyjaciel krol' ('My Friend the King') [Warsaw, 2004], which significantly influence the Polish intelligentsia. That's my greatest success in life.
