The military service record of Slovik provides a detailed account of the actual execution of Slovik which took place in 1945 and it was upon this that most of the film was based .
Slovik is now a public archival record available from the Military Personnel Records Center .
The military service record of Slovik , which is now a public archival record available from the Military Personnel Records Center , provides a detailed account of the actual execution of Slovik which took place in 1945 and it was upon this that most of the film was based .