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Even before that I had written an application to the army construction service with a request for allocation of an apartment in Cracow. I received the answer that I could have an apartment, but a co-operative one. I even came to visit Cracow and look at the apartment under construction at the same time. We waited nearly four years for it. I came to Cracow with the children in February 1974. I think it was 28th February to be precise. My wife stayed on a little longer there in Zamosc. We occupied that apartment from the beginning until the present moment.
It was an army apartment, a co-operative apartment bought by the army. The army was no longer building many of its own apartment blocks then, just wherever a co-operative block was being built they bought up apartments for their officers, and not only officers. After some time I bought that apartment for myself. I announced to the army that I was relinquishing my army apartment. In exchange you received a lump sum, relative to the number of people living there. And with that lump sum I bought the apartment.
It was an army apartment, a co-operative apartment bought by the army. The army was no longer building many of its own apartment blocks then, just wherever a co-operative block was being built they bought up apartments for their officers, and not only officers. After some time I bought that apartment for myself. I announced to the army that I was relinquishing my army apartment. In exchange you received a lump sum, relative to the number of people living there. And with that lump sum I bought the apartment.
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Leon Glazer