The occupation of Poland by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union at the onset of the Second World War changed the lives of those who lived through those dark pages of history. In the opening pages of The Exile, we see the peaceful Polish town of Równo that, as a result of a German-Russian agreement, the Soviets occupied on September 17, 1939. The Exile is the first-hand account of one young man of his “liberation” by the Russian Army and deportation to Siberia. He shares his thoughts, emotions and experiences as events unfold and the unplanned, unwanted exile takes him far from home and family.