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

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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.

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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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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.
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