After graduation from high school in 1927, he planned to attend the Ukrainian College of Technology and Economics in Podebrady in Czechoslovakia, but the Polish authorities did not grant him travel papers.
Setelah lulus dari sekolah tinggi pada tahun 1927, ia berencana untuk melanjutkan ke Ukrainian College of Technology and Economics di Podebrady di Cekoslovakia, tetapi pemerintah polandia tidak memberinya makalah perjalanan.