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Witold Pilecki: The man who volunteered for Auschwitz
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]Witold Pilecki: The man who volunteered for Auschwitz
[nb-NO]Author[nb-NO]
Call number940.5318/0422
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]08867i
[nb-NO]Place of publication[nb-NO]Prague, Czech Republic
[nb-NO]Publisher[nb-NO]Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes
[nb-NO]Year of publication[nb-NO]
2013
[nb-NO]Pagination[nb-NO]pp84-95
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]Article
[nb-NO]ISBN[nb-NO]9788087211793
NotesArticle from the book 'Lest we forget: memory of totalitarianism in Europe' pp84-95
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
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
