Volunteer

It's not enough to save yourself -- you have to go back for those left behind.


You’ve probably never heard of the Polish freedom fighter Witold Pilecki, but he is one of the greatest heroes of the Second World War.

As the only person who ever volunteered to be sent to Auschwitz, Pilecki led a campaign of sabotage and assassination of Nazi guards for years before making a dramatic escape, smuggling evidence of the Holocaust to the Western powers and alerting them to the atrocities of Nazi death camps.

All evidence of Pilecki had been lost, until 2012, when his incredible eye-witness account was discovered in a dusty archive. This is the first full story of his amazing journey, drawing on exclusive family papers and recently declassified files as well as unpublished accounts from the camp’s fighters to show how he saved hundreds of thousands of lives.

This is an untold, real-life story of escape and heroism, set against the horrors of WWII and the Auschwitz, and the power of one man to change the course of history.

Nu este suficient sa va salvati - trebuie sa va intoarceti pentru cei ramasi. Probabil ca nu ati auzit niciodata de luptatorul polonez pentru libertate Witold Pilecki, dar este unul dintre cei mai mari eroi ai celui de-al doilea razboi mondial. care s-a oferit vreodata sa fie trimis la Auschwitz, Pilecki a condus ani de zile o campanie de sabotaj si asasinare a garzilor naziste, inainte de a face o evadare dramatica, introducand contrabanda dovezilor Holocaustului catre puterile occidentale si alertandu-i cu privire la atrocitatile lagarelor de moarte naziste. din Pilecki fusese pierdut, pana in 2012, cand incredibilul sau martor ocular a fost descoperit intr-o arhiva prafuita.