The Auschwitz Volunteer: Beyond Bravery
Captain Witold Pilecki (Auschwitz Prisoner No. 4859)
In 1940, the Polish Underground wanted to know what was happening inside the recently opened Auschwitz concentration camp. Polish army officer Witold Pilecki volunteered to be arrested by the Germans and reported from inside the camp. His intelligence reports, smuggled out in 1941, were among the first eyewitness accounts of Auschwitz atrocities: the extermination of Soviet POWs, its function as a camp for Polish political prisoners, and the “final solution” for Jews.
Pilecki received brutal treatment until he escaped in April 1943; soon after, he wrote a brief report. This book is the first English translation of a 1945 expanded version. In the foreword, Poland’s chief rabbi states, “If heeded, Pilecki’s early warnings might have changed the course of history.”
Pilecki’s story was suppressed for half a century after his 1948 arrest by the Communist regime in Poland as a “Western spy.”
He was executed and expunged from Polish history.
These remarkable revelations are amplified by 40 black and white photos, illustrations, and maps.
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Pilecki received brutal treatment until he escaped in April 1943; soon after, he wrote a brief report. This book is the first English translation of a 1945 expanded version. In the foreword, Poland’s chief rabbi states, “If heeded, Pilecki’s early warnings might have changed the course of history.”
Pilecki’s story was suppressed for half a century after his 1948 arrest by the Communist regime in Poland as a “Western spy.”
He was executed and expunged from Polish history.
These remarkable revelations are amplified by 40 black and white photos, illustrations, and maps.
www.amazon.com
It’s time for the rest of the world to learn about Captain Witold Pilecki.
As Rabbi Schudrich wrote: “May the life of Witold Pilecki inspire us all to do one more good deed, of any kind, each and every day of our lives.”
Watch the trailer: http://bit.ly/AuschwitzVolunteerBookTrailer
As Rabbi Schudrich wrote: “May the life of Witold Pilecki inspire us all to do one more good deed, of any kind, each and every day of our lives.”
Watch the trailer: http://bit.ly/AuschwitzVolunteerBookTrailer
