 In 1922 after the Polish–Soviet War Polish Red Cross participated in an exchange of Polish and Russian prisoners.Ekaterina Peshkova the chairwoman of organisation, "Assistance to Political Prisoners" (Pompolit, "Помощь политическим заключенным", Помполит), was awarded an order of Polish Red Cross for her participation in the exchange of POWs.In 1942, the eminent Polish cryptologists Marian Rejewski and Henryk Zygalski escaped from occupied France to Spain.