Anecdote
THE MAN WHO VOLUNTEERED TO GO INTO AUSCHWITZ
Witold Pilecki was a veteran of the Polish-Soviet War of 1919-1921. In 1939, he fought against the Nazi invasion. He then joined an underground group. Pilecki volunteered to infiltrate a new prison camp called Auschwitz. He joined a protest march in Warsaw and was arrested on Sept. 19, 1940. Read more…