I've been trying to live my life so that in the hour of my … - 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.

Witold Pilecki

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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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Alternative Names: Captain Pilecki

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I found a joy in myself, coming from the awareness that I want to fight.

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.

So they didn't let anybody else off. I can't live anymore, they've done me. Auschwitz was just a child's play.

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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