The Long Walk The True Story of a Trek to Freedom by Slavomir Rawicz
Slavomir Rawicz was born in the city of Pinsk (today a city in WhiteRussia) in 1915, to a Polish father and a Russian Mother. In Pinsk, The Rawicz family lived a relatively well-to-do life. Theynot only owned a successful estate business, but a beautiful house within Slavomir grew into a young man, and he entered the Wawelberea andRotwanda Technical School in Warsaw. There, he studied for a certificate In 1937, Slavomir was called up for military service in the PolishArmy. He served a long twelve months in the infantry training school inthe city of Brest Lotvsk (also a city in modern-day White Russia). Soon,after the completion of his infantry training, he volunteered foradditional training within the cavalry reconnaissance division of thePolish Army, where, in 1937, he graduated with the highest possible cadetrank-that of a Cavalry Brigade Officer. Immediately after his promotion, Slavomir returned to Warsaw, re-entered Wawelberea and Rotwanda, and graduated in 1938. Soon after, in1939, and right before the beginning of the war, Slavomir married his first
After spending eighteen months in Palestinerecuperating from his imprisonment and extremely arduous journey, hevolunteered to join the polish wing of the British Air Force. I had the last, uttermost, strength of will to resist them, to push away that document which a scrawl of pen on paper might convert into my death warrant. We had been losing interest in the names of the stations, each with their white-painted bust of Stalin prominently displayed. Here, perhaps, lies the mostpoignant portions of the entire book, portions that embody hope fulfilled: . It was done as a memorial to all those whose name is Million, and whocould not speak for themselves. 2) The will of survival against impossible odds-Rawicz's amazing ability to withstand unspeakable deprivation, grief, and mental and physical torture. I prayed that the good God would keep me and my compatriots alive to see the end of communism. On November 19th, 1939, soon after his return to his family home, andduring his mother's "welcome home" party, Slavomir was arrested by theSoviet secret police, imprisoned, accused of espionage, interrogated,tortured and, after being finally convicted, sent to Siberia.
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