Witold Pilecki: The man who volunteered for Auschwitz
TitreWitold Pilecki: The man who volunteered for Auschwitz
Auteur
Call number940.5318/0422
N° d'objet08867i
Lieu de publicationPrague, Czech Republic
Année de publication
2013
Paginationpp84-95
MatérielArticle
ISBN9788087211793
NotesArticle from the book 'Lest we forget: memory of totalitarianism in Europe' pp84-95
Description
Witold Pilecki was born in Northern Russia into a Polish family. As a cavalry officer he fought the Germans in World War II. In 1940 he volunteered to infiltrate the Auschwitz concentration camp to gather information and organise a Polish resistance movement. He completed his mission and escaped from the camp in 1943. The Polish communist secret police arrested him in 1947 and charged him with espionage. He was sentenced to death and executed in 1948
