Happy Birthday, Witold Pilecki

I almost missed this, but a reader brought it to my attention.

Today is the birthday of Captain Witold Pilecki.

Witold Pilecki volunteered to be imprisoned in Auschwitz. Not to find out what was going on in the camp. He knew; some of it, at least. He went to gather proof to be presented to the Allies. He volunteered to go into a death camp to try to help those imprisoned there. They smuggled in radio parts and built a transmitter in the camp and broadcast intel about camp activities.

Thank you for the reminder, DD. I’ve been known to forget my own birthday (it took a reminder this year).

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5 thoughts on “Happy Birthday, Witold Pilecki”

  1. Oh, yes, I remember him. I always forget his birthday, but I could never forget him. I suspect that is how it is, for everyone, once they hear his story of both bravery and sacrifice, for those that he loved, and would ultimately give is life for.

  2. I had never heard of him until you did your original column on him. He’s an amazing man. I looked up Toxic Masculinity in the dictionary and they have a picture of Captain Pilecki. Which is a huge compliment having just listened to the podcast with Mark McDonald. I can’t help but wonder how did such mean come to be that way? What was their life like such that they turned out that way.

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