Slavomir Rawicz (1915–2004) lived in England for many years after the war. He married an Englishwoman and lived in the countryside until his death in 2004.
The film The Way Back, starring Colin Farrell and Ed Harris, is based on this amazing true story. Twenty-six-year-old cavalry officer Slavomir Rawicz was captured by the Red Army in 1939 during the German-Soviet partition of Poland and sent to the Sibe...[SEE MORE]