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.
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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