Witold Pilecki
Witold Pilecki
Witold Pileckiwas a Polish soldier, a rittmeister of the Polish Cavalry during the Second Polish Republic, the founder of the Secret Polish Armyresistance group in German-occupied Poland in November 1939, and a member of the underground Home Army, which was formed in February 1942. He was the author of Witold's Report, the first comprehensive Allied intelligence report on Auschwitz concentration camp and the Holocaust...
NationalityPolish
ProfessionWar Hero
Date of Birth13 May 1901
CountryPoland
I carried out my orders until arrested. I had no sense that I was spying, and I ask that this be taken into account in deciding my verdict.