The Numbers Had to Tally

If you have seen Peter Weir's epic film 'The Way Back' starring Colin Farrell and Ed Harris we urge you to read the 'Numbers Had to Tally'. It tells the true story of twenty-three year old Kazimierz Szmauz (pictured). In 1939 Kazimierz found himself in the wrong place at the wrong time when he was picked up by the Red Army whilst trying to cross between the Soviet and Nazi occupied Zones of Poland. After lengthy interrogation he was thrown into the living hell of labour camps and their backbreaking work norms.

'The Numbers Had to Tally' is a remarkable story of imprisonment and survival against all the odds.