In 1938, the Panstwowe Zakłady Lotnicze - State Aviation Works (PZL) opened an airplane factory in Mielec, a polish town with a thriving Jewish community. When the town was occupied by the Germans starting in 1939, they converted the factory to a division of Heinkel where they used slave labor to build Heinkel HE 111 bombers. Friedman worked at this airplane factory while interred at Mielec Labor Camp between 1942 and 1944.

ID: An airplane with a propeller on the ground facing left.