Saving Lives in Auschwitz

In a 1941 Nazi roundup of educated Poles, Stefan Budziaszek - newly graduated from medical school in Krakow - was incarcerated in the Krakow Montelupich Prison and transferred to the Auschwitz concentration camp. In 1943, Stefan, now a functionary prisoner, was put in charge of the on-site prisoner hospital. Stefan transformed this facility into a working hospital and outpatient facility.