Post by cmonaghan184 on Jan 21, 2019 13:35:41 GMT -8
Hello,
I would like to recommend the book The Auschwitz Volunteer: Beyond Bravery by Captain Witold Pilecki for the podcast.
It is the story of a Captain in the Polish Army during WWII, Captain Witold Pilecki. He fought the Nazis when they initially invaded in 1939 and was part of the underground resistance after the fall of Warsaw. As the war went on, Pilecki began to hear rumors of a place called Auschwitz. As part of an intel gathering operation, he deliberately walked into a SS street roundup in Warsaw.
Captain Pilecki was sent to Auschwitz in September 1940. He spent nearly 3 years inside, all the while smuggling intel reports out to the Polish government in exile and organizing prisoners into a resistance movement in case the opportunity for revolt came. In April 1943, he escaped and wrote a complete report. The report he wrote was translated and published as this book.
After Pilecki's escape, he returned to Warsaw and joined the resistance against the Soviets. Once Pilecki's story was discovered by the Soviets, they suppressed it. Only after the fall of the Soviet Union, did Pilecki's story become known to the West.
This is an almost unbelievable story of commitment to the mission in the face of some of the most horrific circumstances in modern history.
Thanks,
Chris Monaghan
I would like to recommend the book The Auschwitz Volunteer: Beyond Bravery by Captain Witold Pilecki for the podcast.
It is the story of a Captain in the Polish Army during WWII, Captain Witold Pilecki. He fought the Nazis when they initially invaded in 1939 and was part of the underground resistance after the fall of Warsaw. As the war went on, Pilecki began to hear rumors of a place called Auschwitz. As part of an intel gathering operation, he deliberately walked into a SS street roundup in Warsaw.
Captain Pilecki was sent to Auschwitz in September 1940. He spent nearly 3 years inside, all the while smuggling intel reports out to the Polish government in exile and organizing prisoners into a resistance movement in case the opportunity for revolt came. In April 1943, he escaped and wrote a complete report. The report he wrote was translated and published as this book.
After Pilecki's escape, he returned to Warsaw and joined the resistance against the Soviets. Once Pilecki's story was discovered by the Soviets, they suppressed it. Only after the fall of the Soviet Union, did Pilecki's story become known to the West.
This is an almost unbelievable story of commitment to the mission in the face of some of the most horrific circumstances in modern history.
Thanks,
Chris Monaghan
