The Polish soldier who infiltrated Auschwitz to fight the Nazi regime
In short: Discover the extraordinary mission of Witold Pilecki, a man who voluntarily entered a Nazi concentration camp to gather intelligence and organize resistance from within.
This video examines the mission of Captain Witold Pilecki, who entered Auschwitz to build an underground resistance. Following the Nazi invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939, Pilecki worked to establish a clandestine network. On November 9 of that same year, he and Major Wlodarkiewicz founded the Tajna Armia Polska (TAP), an underground organization that later merged with other resistance forces to form The Home Army.
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