Sunday, November 10, 2019

Witold Pilecki (1901-1948)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witold_Pilecki

https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/24/books/review/the-auschwitz-volunteer-by-witold-pilecki.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

The Auschwitz Volunteer: Beyond Bravery, by Witold Pilecki (Author), Michael 
Schudrich (Foreword), Norman Davies (Introduction), Jarek Garlinski (Translator), 
Aquila Polonica, 2012 (kindle 2019-11-10)

The Volunteer: One Man’s Mission to Lead an Underground Army in Auschwitz and Expose the Greatest Nazi Crimes, by Jack Fairweather, WH Allen, 2019


I've been trying to live my life so that in the hour of my death I would rather feel joy, than fear.

— Pilecki after the announcement of the death sentence