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* "During the first 3 years at Auschwitz, 2 million people died; over the next 2 years—3 million." (''Witold's Report.'') |
* "During the first 3 years at Auschwitz, 2 million people died; over the next 2 years—3 million." (''Witold's Report.'') |
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On May 14, 1947, in Block X of the [[Mokotów Prison]], Pilecki wrote a poem, ''"Dla Pana Pułkownika Różańskiego"'' ("For Colonel Różański"), which ends: |
On May 14, 1947, in Block X of the [[w:Mokotów Prison|Mokotów Prison]], Pilecki wrote a poem, ''"Dla Pana Pułkownika Różańskiego"'' ("For Colonel Różański"), which ends: |
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: ''"Dlatego więc piszę niniejszą petycję,'' |
: ''"Dlatego więc piszę niniejszą petycję,'' |
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: ''By sumą kar wszystkich - mnie tylko karano,'' |
: ''By sumą kar wszystkich - mnie tylko karano,'' |
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: I prefer it so - than to live, and bear a wound in my heart. |
: I prefer it so - than to live, and bear a wound in my heart. |
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* "If [[Józef Cyrankiewicz]] finds out I'm here, I'm dead." (In prison, 1948.) |
* "If [[w:Józef Cyrankiewicz|Józef Cyrankiewicz]] finds out I'm here, I'm dead." (In prison, 1948.) |
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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 spying, and I ask that this be taken into account in deciding my verdict." (At trial, 1948.) |
* "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 spying, and I ask that this be taken into account in deciding my verdict." (At trial, 1948.) |
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Revision as of 14:13, 9 January 2007
Witold Pilecki (May 13, 1901 – May 25, 1948: Polish soldier; founder of the resistance movement, Secret Polish Army, Tajna Armia Polska):
- "During the first 3 years at Auschwitz, 2 million people died; over the next 2 years—3 million." (Witold's Report.)
On May 14, 1947, in Block X of the Mokotów Prison, Pilecki wrote a poem, "Dla Pana Pułkownika Różańskiego" ("For Colonel Różański"), which ends:
- "Dlatego więc piszę niniejszą petycję,
- By sumą kar wszystkich - mnie tylko karano,
- Bo choćby mi przyszło postradać me życie -
- Tak wolę - niż żyć, a mieć w sercu ranę".
- That is why I write this petition,
- That all the punishments, punish only me,
- For though I should lose my life -
- I prefer it so - than to live, and bear a wound in my heart.
- "If Józef Cyrankiewicz finds out I'm here, I'm dead." (In prison, 1948.)
- "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 spying, and I ask that this be taken into account in deciding my verdict." (At trial, 1948.)
- "So they didn't let anybody else off. I can't live like this, I'm finished. Auschwitz was easy." (After death sentence had been pronounced, 1948.)
