Posted on 11/06/2023 7:30:05 PM PST by dynachrome
“Why would anyone want to go, of their own free will, to a hell on earth that every prisoner wanted to escape from? Witold Pilecki was an absolute exception, but the mission that he was to perform at Auschwitz was also exceptional.”
Tadeusz Marek Płużański, historian, journalist, and author of the book Rotmistrz Pilecki i jego oprawcy (“Cavalry Captain Pilecki and His Tormentors”) spoke to Piotr Włoczyk for Sovereignty.pl.
How common was it during World War II for people to actually try to get imprisoned at Auschwitz in September 1940?
History does not record any other such case. Why would someone want to go, of their own free will, to a hell on earth that every prisoner wanted to escape from? Witold Pilecki was an absolute exception, but the mission that he was to perform at Auschwitz was also exceptional. One thing is certain – he seems to have been a man of unbounded courage.
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My hero!
Murdered by Communist Bastards!
Inmate 4859 – Witold Pilecki – Sabaton History
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_6ARLOgsbA
Sabaton has good music, also. “Winged Hussars” comes to mind.
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—”one of the bravest”
“For many are called, but few are chosen”
Matthew 22:14
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