Czeslaw Plawski Torn from the Homeland

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In January of 1945, at the age of twenty, Czeslaw Plawski fl ed fromCommunist control in his home town of Wilno, Poland. After fi ghtingwith the underground forces against the enemy in Poland for three years, heendured a harrowing escape to Sweden. There he joined a secret organization,and continued his battle against Communist forces. He saw service in WestGermany, where he joined the paratroopers of the United States Army. Czeslawlater returned to Sweden and after a period of three years, eventually foundhis way to the United States, where he made his permanent home.Czeslaw survived numerous torturous and life threatening experiences inhis search for freedom. This is the true depiction of his ordeal, as well asthat of his wife and her family. They, along with thousands of others, enduredextreme hardships in their effort to escape persecution.