I ran into the street

A board showing Abraham Rotfarb transformed into a dog and chased away by people from higher social classes.

“Ah, how far we are from real life, from the broad social world, from its lively pulse!,” wrote Rotfarb in his text. “[…] Not only are we made to suffer by being workers, but we are also Jews, thus even more so we cannot hold our heads high and we continue to be humbled.” Rotfarb came from a large poor family and did not even graduate from primary school. He could only dream of visiting famous Warsaw venues, such as the one depicted on the board – Adria,” located at 10 Moniuszki Street, in a building designed by Edward Zachariasz Eber. The co-owner of Adria was Franciszek Moszkowicz, and the author of the plafond was Alicja Eber, Zachariasz's wife. One of the regulars in the venue was Mieczysław Grydzewski (formerly Grycendler), a doctor of philosophy and editor of literary magazines. They were all wealthy, educated people able to fully participate in the Polish social and cultural life, unattainable to Abraham Rotfarb. Rotfarb compared his efforts to exist in the world of Polish culture to a dog trying to win the favour of a human: Poland made me unhappy, made me a dog that abandons all pride and begs not to be left alone in the cultural wasteland and to be taken along on the road of Polish cultural life.”