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A recorded statement made by Karol Modzelewski at an international conference: Grotowski. Narrations (Warsaw, 14-15 January 2010) organised by the Institute of Polish Culture at Warsaw University and the Committee of Cultural Studies at the Polish Academy of Sciences. Prof. Modzelewski recalled Grotowski from the period prior to the latter’s involvement in the theatre – the time when Grotowski was active in the Union of Polish Youth. In doing so, author shows Grotowski’s departure from communism and poses questions about the connection between the disappointment caused by the impossibility of altering the communist system and the beginning of the creative path of one of Poland’s greatest theatre directors.