 Gajewski became a member of the Nazi Party in 1933.Gajewski demonstrated his support for the Nazi "Weltanschauung" during an incident in late 1938 involving a former colleague at IG Farben.Gerhard Ollendorf, a Jew, had been a member of the board in the early 1930s but had fallen afoul of Nazi laws and in November 1938 told Gajewski that he intended to leave Germany.