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The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom

The Long Walk SlavomirRawicz was a young Polish cavalry officer. On 9th November 1939, he was arrested by the Russians and after brutal interrogation in Moscow's infamous Lubyanka prison and a farce of a trial, he was sentenced to 25 years' hard labour in the Gulags, for 'spying'. This is one of the stories of adventure, survival and escape. Full description

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