If Józef Cyrankiewicz finds out I'm here, I'm dead. - Witold Pilecki

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If Józef Cyrankiewicz finds out I'm here, I'm dead.

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About Witold Pilecki

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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Pen Names: Druh • Witold • T-IV
Alternative Names: Captain Pilecki
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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.
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