In his memoirs, "Long Road to Freedom," he wrote that he survived during those years of captivity because he always decided to look upon his oppressor as also being a human being, also being a human being.
W swoich wspomnieniach "Długa droga do wolności" napisał, że przetrwał te wszystkie lata niewoli, bo zawsze chciał patrzeć na swoich oprawców jak na istoty ludzkie. jak na istoty ludzkie.