Igo Sym

The agents - Rogoliński and Roman “Srebrny” Rozmiłowski - told Sym that they were postmen carrying a dispatch. Both were covered by Wiktor “Mały” Klimaszewski. On opening the door, Sym was asked to confirm his name, which he did. One of the agents then shot Sym dead with a Vis pistol.

On the same day, German loudspeakers on the streets announced that hostages had been taken as revenge for Sym’s death. Then, posters signed by a Dr. Ludwig Fischer appeared on the walls stating that more hostages would be taken and curfew would be enforced from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m.

Fischer threatened to shoot all hostages unless those responsible for assassination were found. All theatres were closed, and about 120 people were arrested, including teachers, physicians, lawyers and actors. The population of Warsaw was given three days to find Sym's murderers. Read Less

The Nazi propaganda movie directed by Gustav Ucicky told a story about the pre-1939 German minority in Polish Volhynia resettled in the course of the Nazi–Soviet population transfers. The Germans, presented as noble, peace-loving people, were brutally persecuted by vicious Poles. In the final scene, Polish soldiers lead arrested Germans to an execution, however Wehrmacht airplanes and tanks appear, saving the whole community. Igo Sym did not perform in this film, but he actively cooperated in the production, casting Polish actors more or less willing to take part. Several actors refused, including Kazimierz Junosza-Stępowski. Finally, he found some individuals, who were accepted by director Ucicky. After the war, these actors were punished for cooperating with the Germans.

His collaboration contrasts the behaviour of his younger brother Ernest, who under his official activities as a chemist clandestinely manufactured explosives for the Home Army. Read Less