The Auschwitz Volunteer: Beyond Bravery

The Auschwitz Volunteer: Beyond Bravery
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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 â€œfinal solutionâ€ 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, Polandâ€™s chief rabbi states, â€œIf heeded, Pileckiâ€™s early warnings might have changed the course of history.â€ Pileckiâ€™s story was suppressed for half a century after his 1948 arrest by the Polish Communist regime as a â€œWestern spy.â€ He was executed and expunged from Polish history. Pilecki writes in staccato style but also interjects his observations on humankindâ€™s lack of progress: â€œWe have strayed, my friends, we have strayed dreadfully... we are a whole level of hell worse than animals!â€ These remarkable revelations are amplified by 40 b&w photos, illus., and maps.
Country USA
Brand Aquila Polonica
Manufacturer Aquila Polonica Publishing
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber Illustrated
ReleaseDate 2012-04-30
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9781607720096

Country	USA
Brand	Aquila Polonica
Manufacturer	Aquila Polonica Publishing
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	Illustrated
ReleaseDate	2012-04-30
UnitCount	1
Format	Illustrated
EANs	9781607720096

The Auschwitz Volunteer: Beyond Bravery

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