I found a joy in myself, coming from the awareness that I w… - Witold Pilecki

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

Witold Pilecki

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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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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.

Dlatego więc piszę niniejszą petycję,

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.

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

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