Czapski, a survivor of the Katyn Massacre and an opponent of the Soviet regime, told Orwell, as Orwell wrote to Arthur Koestler, that it had been "the character
sˈiːzˈæpski, ɐ sɚvˈaɪvɚɹ ʌvðə kˈætɪn mˈæsəkɚ ænd ɐn əpˈoʊnənt ʌvðə sˈoʊviət ɹeɪʒˈiːm, tˈoʊld ˈɔːɹwɛl, æz ˈɔːɹwɛl ɹˈoʊt tʊ ˈɑːɹθɚ kˈoʊslɚ, ðˌɐɾɪt hɐdbɪn "ðə kˈæɹɪktɚ