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  1. Witold Pilecki (13 May 1901 – 25 May 1948; Polish: [ˈvitɔlt piˈlɛt͡skʲi] ⓘ; codenames Roman Jezierski, Tomasz Serafiński, Druh, Witold [1]) was a Polish World War II cavalry officer, intelligence agent, and resistance leader . As a youth, Pilecki joined Polish underground scouting; in the aftermath of World War I, he ...

  2. Jul 26, 2019 · I n the darkest years of the Second World War, Witold Pilecki, a Polish cavalry officer turned resistance fighter, undertook the most audacious of missions: to get himself arrested by the Germans...

  3. Ojciec Witolda, Julian Pilecki po ukończeniu studiów w Instytucie Leśnym w Petersburgu, przyjął posadę leśnika w Karelii, co było spowodowane represjami wobec Polaków na terenach wcielonych w XVIII wieku do Imperium Rosyjskiego. Nie mogli oni obejmować posad odpowiadających ich wykształceniu.

  4. Witold's Report, also known as Pilecki's Report, is a report about the Auschwitz concentration camp written in 1943 by Witold Pilecki, a Polish military officer and member of the Polish resistance. Pilecki volunteered in 1940 to be imprisoned in Auschwitz to organize a resistance movement and send out information about the camp.

  5. Learn about Witold Pilecki, a Polish resistance fighter who infiltrated Auschwitz and smuggled out intelligence about the Nazi atrocities. Discover how he escaped the camp and tried to warn the world of the horrors he witnessed.

  6. Nov 22, 2023 · Learn about the remarkable story of Witold Pilecki, a Polish cavalry officer who infiltrated Auschwitz and reported on the Nazi atrocities. Discover how he fought against the Germans and the Polish resistance, and why he was persecuted after WWII.

  7. Oct 5, 2012 · Pilecki's mission was to allow himself to be arrested and, once inside Auschwitz, to collect intelligence for the Polish resistance in the country and the government-in-exile in London, and to...