Witold

Poles looking for lost remains of hero of World War II resistance

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Witold Pilecki volunteered to go to Auschwitz, the Nazi concentration camp that killed more than 1 million people, mostly Jewish, during World War II. He eventually escaped, and fought the Germans during the Warsaw uprising. After the war, though, he was killed by fellow Poles when he challenged the Communist government.

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The Man Who Volunteered for Auschwitz

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