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bombardment before its fall. He was one of the few Poles to have been both captive in the Soviet Union and to have seen action in North Africa, for which he received the Africa star. He went on to complete his radio training in Egypt and rejoined his unit, the bulk of which left the Soviet Union in
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for "counter-revolutionary activity". Within the first two years of imprisonment, Tomaszewski (and his known aliases) are recorded to have escaped seven times from the Soviet authorities. He was, during his seventh attempt, preparing to cross
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during World War II. After the war he spent nearly 45 years in exile in Italy and the United
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