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Early life and army career. Sławomir Rawicz was born on 1 September 1915 in Pinsk, the son of a landowner. He received private primary education and went on to study architecture in 1932. In 1937 he joined the Polish Army Reserve and underwent the cadet officer school. In July 1939 he married Vera, his first wife.
Dec 4, 2010 · Right from the start, no-one could find information to prove or disprove whether the author, Slavomir Rawicz, was telling the truth, as he claimed. There were no documents, no evidence, and all ...
7 Unique Facts about “The Way Back”: 1. Remarkable Real-Life Inspiration: “The Way Back” draws inspiration from Slavomir Rawicz’s memoir, which recounts his escape from a Siberian gulag in 1941. Although Rawicz’s story has been questioned by some historians, his account remains a testament to human resilience. 2.
Apr 10, 2015 · Slavomir Rawicz married Marjorie Gregory in the year the Polish Resettlement Act was passed and eventually settled down in Sandiacre, where he became the proud father of five children and lived a relatively quiet life before passing away on 5 April 2004.
Jun 29, 2010 · The Long Walk. : Slavomir Rawicz was a young Polish cavalry officer. On 19 November 1939 he was arrested by the Russians and after brutal interrogation he was sentenced to twenty-five years in a gulag. After a three-month journey in the dead of winter to Siberia, life in a Soviet labour camp meant enduring hunger, extreme cold, untreated wounds ...
Dec 9, 2005 · In 1939, Slavomir Rawicz, a lieutenant in the Polish cavalry attached to infantry on the Russian front, was captured by the Russians and sent to one of Josef Stalin’s labor camps in Siberia ...
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Slavomir Rawicz (1915 – 2004) was a Polish lieutenant during the Second World War whose book, The Long Walk (1956), ghost-written by Ronald Downing based on extensive conversations with Rawicz, told the story of a remarkable journey. 25 year-old Rawicz and six companions – a Latvian, three Polish soldiers, a Lithuanian architect, and an American engineer – had escaped from a Soviet ...
