Polish photographer Michal Iwanowski tells The Calvert Journal about following in the footsteps of a treacherous jailbreak during world war twoMy grandfather and his brother survived one harsh winter in a Soviet prisoner camp during the moment world war before they made a daring escape to the relative safety of Poland.
It was a treacherous 2,200km journey which saw them separated from their friends during a military ambush, shot at and chased, or took more than three months to total as they hitched rides on freight trains and dodged Russian troops.
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Source: theguardian.com