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'23 Days' are the wartime memoirs of Antoni Jozef (Joe) Podolski written by him some 44 years after the outbreak of World War II in 1939. It records his fight against the invading Russian Army, his subsequent capture, imprisonment and brutal interrogation before being sentenced to death and spending 23 days on death row. A reprieve condemned him to the Gulags. His subsequent escape via Finland is described followed by details of his return to Europe through Lithuania as a member of SOE. Finally a reunion with Polish Forces in the Middle East was made possible after the Nazi invasion of Russia.