The Auschwitz Volunteer Beyond Bravery |
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| Author:
| Pilecki, Witold |
| Translator:
| Garlinski, Jarek |
| Introduction by:
| Davies, Norman |
| Foreword by:
| Schudrich, Rabbi Michael
Chief Rabbi of Poland, |
| ISBN: | 978-1-60772-009-6 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2012 |
| Publisher: | Aquila Polonica Publishing
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $42.95 |
Book Description:
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September 1940. Polish Army officer Witold Pilecki deliberately walked into a Nazi German street round-up in Warsaw and became Auschwitz Prisoner No. 4859. He had volunteered for a secret undercover mission: smuggle out intelligence about the new German concentration camp, and build a resistance organization among prisoners. Pilecki's clandestine intelligence, received by the Allies in 1941, was among earliest. He escaped in 1943 after accomplishing his mission. Dramatic eyewitness...
More DescriptionSeptember 1940. Polish Army officer Witold Pilecki deliberately walked into a Nazi German street round-up in Warsaw and became Auschwitz Prisoner No. 4859. He had volunteered for a secret undercover mission: smuggle out intelligence about the new German concentration camp, and build a resistance organization among prisoners. Pilecki's clandestine intelligence, received by the Allies in 1941, was among earliest. He escaped in 1943 after accomplishing his mission. Dramatic eyewitness report, written in 1945 for Pilecki's Polish Army superiors, published in English for first time.