Slavomir Rawicz

Slavomir Rawicz was a Polish Army lieutenant who was imprisoned by the Soviets during World War II. He is best known for his memoir 'The Long Walk,' which recounts his escape from a Siberian Gulag and a harrowing trek to freedom across Siberia, the Gobi Desert, the Himalayas, and into India. After the war, he lived in England, working as a woodworking instructor and technician in architectural ceramics.