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Witold Pilecki Quotes

1901–1948 Poland

Witold Pilecki (13 May 1901 – 25 May 1948) was a Polish cavalry captain, the founder of a WWII resistance movement Secret Polish Army ("Tajna Armia Polska"), who deliberately let himself get caught and imprisoned in Auschwitz in order to organize resistance there.

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

During the first 3 years at Auschwitz, 2 million people were killed. Over the next 2 years, 3 Million.

Witold's Report (1943)

I was not a[n intelligence] resident, only a Polish officer. I carried out my orders until arrested. I had no sense that I was a spy, and I ask that this be taken into account in deciding my verdict.

The game which I was now playing in Auschwitz was dangerous. This sentence does not really convey the reality; in fact, I had gone far beyond what people in the real world consider dangerous.

So they didn't let anybody else off. I can't live anymore, they've done me. Auschwitz was just a child's play.

I found a joy in myself, coming from the awareness that I want to fight.

Dlatego więc piszę niniejszą petycję

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Witold Pilecki (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.