 Stephanie Kraft, who translated his novel, "Kamienne tablice" ("Stone Tablets"), to English wrote that during the German occupation of Poland in World War II, Żukrowski worked at the Solvay limestone quarry alongside Karol Józef Wojtyła, who became Pope John Paul II.The quarry was not watched closely by the Germans and was a refuge for Polish intellectuals.The two were part of an underground acting group called the Rhapsodic Theatre.