Eugeniusz Bodo – Legendary actor from the Pre-war era in 1937 vs 1941

The first picture shows Eugeniusz Bodo in Piętro wyżej – a 1937 Polish musical romantic comedy film which released many famous songs such as "Dzisiaj ta, jutro tamta", "Sexappeal", "Umówiłem się z nią na dziewiątą" – the film is noted for the first ever on-screen depiction of a drag queen in Polish cinema. In this particular still – He is singing the song "Dzisiaj ta, jutro tamta" to a lady. The lyrics of this song forebode his fate..

"Za parę lat, kto wie, Co spotka jeszcze mnie – Więc, póki czas, korzystam z życia, Co będzie jutro nie moja rzecz Nie patrzę na przód, nie patrzę wstecz"

Which in English is..

In a few years, who knows, what else will happen to me, So, while there's still time, I'm enjoying life, What will happen tomorrow is none of my business, I don't look ahead, I don't look back

And what happened in a Few years?

The second picture shows Eugeniusz Bodo in the famed Lubyanka Prison of Moscow in 1941. He was arrested by the NKVD with trumped up charges of being a spy, due to his swiss passport (from his father who was from switzerland). Eventually, Mr. Eugeniusz died of Starvation in the arctic gulag of Kotlas in October 7, 1943.