Scholar and soldier. As an officer in the
Polish Army, he was captured by the Soviets
in September 1939. In April 1940 he was
brought to the vicinity of the Katyn Forest
where the execution of Polish officers was
taking place. Before the war, Stanislaw was
researching the economies of totalitarian
countries and his expert knowledge of
the German economy caught the interest of his
Soviet captors. He was recalled from the
Katyn Forest to Moscow where he was
interrogated and sentenced to forced labour in the
GULAG. His survival of death from starvation
and exhaustion and his subsequent escape
from the claws of the NKVD make for fascinating
reading. After regaining his
freedom in August 1942, he joined the Polish
Army under British command in the Middle
East. After the war he returned to his scholarly
work and taught at universities in
England, Indonesia, Canada and the USA.
Soft Cover, 6" x 9", 288 pages, illustrated with photos and maps.
