After World War II, before the Soviet occupation of Poland, "Karol volunteered to clear up the old seminary buildings where the SS had had its barracks and prison, and where latterly the roof had fallen in and the largely French inmates burnt furniture to warm themselves. There were three latrines heaped with frozen excrement. He rolled up his sleeves, seized a shovel and addressed himself to the Augean task, chopping it up and carting it away. He had to breathe through the mouth to stop vomiting--hardly a symbolic way to celebrate victory and liberty, but not bad for a future successor to St Peter."
(O'Connor, Garry. Universal Father. A Life of Pope John Paul II. London: Bloomsbury, 2005, p 100)
