Tag #147809 - Interview #78423 (Mikhail Plotkin )

A lot of attention was devoted to public activity, the Komsomol [12], participation in various events. In summer we were taken to kolkhozes [13] to help the agricultural workers to weed the fields and harvest. There were also girls at school, no less than half of all students. There weren’t many Jews but there were some, especially in the Komsomol organization. There were no special relations between Jews there. I decided to join the Komsomol. My social origin was an appropriate one now; I came from a worker’s family. I became a Komsomol member and was accepted at the general meeting.