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	Witold Pilecki - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Witold Pilecki (May 13, 1901 – May 25, 1948; pronounced ['vitɔld pi'leʦki]; codenames Roman Jezierski, Tomasz Serafiński, Druh, Witold) was a soldier of the Second Polish Republic, founder of the resistance movement Secret Polish Army (Tajna Armia Polska) and member of the Home Army (Armia Krajowa).
		Witold Pilecki was born May 13, 1901, in Olonets on the shores of Lake Ladoga in Karelia, Russia, where his family had been forcibly resettled by Tsarist Russian authorities after the suppression of Poland's January Uprising of 1863-1864.
		Pilecki later joined the regular Polish Army and as part of a cavalry unit fought in the defense of Grodno (in present-day Belarus).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Witold_Pilecki (2054 words)

	Witold Pilecki - the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Witold Pilecki (May 13, 1901 –May 25, 1948; pronounced ['vitɔld pi'leʦki];codenames Roman Jezierski, Tomasz Serafiński, Druh, Witold) was asoldier of the Second Polish Republic, founder of the resistance movement Secret Polish Army (Tajna Armia Polska) and member of the Home Army(Armia Krajowa).
		Witold Pilecki was born May 13, 1901, inOlonets on the shores of LakeLadoga in Karelia, Russia, where hisfamily had been forcibly resettled by Tsarist Russian authorities after the suppression of Poland's January Uprising of 1863-1864.
		Pilecki's conviction is generally thought to have been based on false charges and evidence, as part of a prosecution of HomeArmy members and others connected with the Polish Government in Exile in London.
	www.encyclopedia-of-knowledge.com /default.asp?t=Witold_Pilecki (1905 words)

	Dia-pozytyw: PEOPLE, BIOGRAPHICAL PROFILES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Pilecki began his activities in the Polish underground state, and was later incorporated into a highly secret group that was working on behalf of the "Nie" ["No"] organization-the future resistance movement if Poland were to pass from German control to Soviet.
		During the Warsaw Uprising in 1944, Pilecki fought without even revealing his military rank at first-as a private first class, then as commander of the 2nd Company of the 1st Battalion of the Chrobry Group II that was active from Jerozolimskie Avenue to Zelazna Street.
		After the war, in 1948, Witold Pilecki was accused of espionage and was sentenced to death by the communist courts in Poland.
	www.diapozytyw.pl /en/site/ludzie/witold_pilecki (869 words)

	Witold Pilecki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Pilecki, onder de valse naam Tomasz Serafiński, liet zich vervolgens in september 1940 eenvoudig oppakken tijdens een razzia in Warschau.
		Pilecki stelde ook voor om het kamp te bevrijden, de Armia Krajowa verkende het kamp van buitenaf en concludeerde dat ze zonder geallieerde steun (luchtsteun en commando's) niet de militaire mogelijkheid had om een succesvolle bevrijdingsactie uit te voeren.
		Pilecki legde zich daar niet bij neer en blijft rapporten naar Londen sturen over de stalinistische terreur die op dat moment in Polen woedde.
	zetia.donkeylink.com /nl/Witold_Pilecki.htm (683 words)

	Witold Pilecki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Witold Pilecki was born in Poland in 1901.
		Pilecki's colonel eventually agreed and after securing a false identity as Tomasz Serafinski, he arranged to be arrested in September, 1940.
		Pilecki had already arranged his escape route and after feigning typhus, he escaped from the hospital on 24th April, 1943.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /GERpilecki.htm (673 words)

	Its A Matter Of Opinion » Blog Archive » Only Ghosts and Echoes
		Witold Pilecki was rehabilitated only in 1991 and so as I was searching a few days ago for some extra materials about him, I discovered that AmericanOnLine already posted some information about him in his blog.
		Witold Pilecki, a lieutenant in the underground army, was the man who volunteered to Auschwitz.
		Witold Pilecki was born in 1901 in Oluniec in Russia, where his family was exiled for taking part in the 1863 uprising against Russian occupation of Poland.
	www.observationdeck.org /weblogs/?p=272 (2145 words)

	Józef Cyrankiewicz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Working closely with another prisoner, Witold Pilecki, against whom he would later testify in a Communist show trial leading to Pilecki's death, Cyrankiewicz organised a mass breakout.
		However, a few inmates escaped by themselves on December 29, and the capture of a dentist by the Gestapo led to the revealing of the conspirators' plans.
		Pilecki escaped by feigning typhus and then running away from the hospital, but Cyrankiewicz would remain in various camps for the rest of the war.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/J%C3%B3zef_Cyrankiewicz (476 words)

	My Left Wing :: The Bravest Man Who Ever Died
		Pilecki proposed to be arrested and sent to the concentration camp where he could send out reports of what was happening, and organize a resistance movement within the camp.
		Pilecki’s secret organization, which he called the ‘Union of Military Organization’ [ZOW], was composed of cells of five prisoners who were unknown to one another with one man designated to be their commander.
		Witold Pilecki was executed in Mokotów prison in Warsaw.
	www.myleftwing.com /showDiary.do?diaryId=4585 (3555 words)

	The Institute of World Politics > News & Publication > A hero of Auschwitz, rehabilitated
		Witold Pilecki was an extraordinary man by any measure.
		Born in the northern reaches of the Russian Empire, Pilecki was a grandson of Polish Siberian exiles, who had fought for freedom against the Tsar.
		Pilecki became a gentleman farmer and an avid horse-breeder.
	www.iwp.edu /news/newsID.310/news_detail.asp (872 words)

	Socialist Worker / www.socialist.ca
		Witold Pilecki is the only person known to have volunteered to be imprisoned in the Auschwitz death camp.
		Pilecki was a member of the Polish resistance in Nazi-occupied Poland.
		The second camp was constructed in 1941 and the process of murder on an industrial scale began in the spring of 1942.
	www.socialist.ca /En/SW2005/442-09-Auschwitz.html (1072 words)

	Witold Pilecki - Free English Encyclopedia from Turkcebilgi (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Witold Pilecki (May 13, 1901 andamp;ndash; May 25, 1948; [pronounced ['vitandamp;#596;ld pi'leandamp;#678;ki]; [[codename]]s Roman Jezierski, Tomasz SerafiÅ„ski, Druh, Witold) was a soldier of the Second Polish Republic, founder of the resistance movement Secret Polish Army ([[Tajna Armia Polska]]) and member of the Home Army ([[Armia Krajowa]]).
		When he was assigned to a night shift at a camp bakery outside the fence, he and two comrades overpowered a guard, cut the phone line and escaped on the night of April 26andamp;ndash;April 27, 1943, taking along documents stolen from the Germans.
		Pilecki was soon promoted to cavalry captain (rotmistrz) and joined a secret anti-communist organization, [NIE (andquot;NOandquot;), formed within the Home Army to prepare resistance against a coming Soviet occupation.
	www.turkcebilgi.com.cob-web.org:8888 /ansiklopedi/english/Witold_Pilecki (2152 words)

	Only Ghosts And Echoes - Democracy Frontline - Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		I learnt about Witold Pilecki only by accident, when my maternal grandfather dropped his name while talking about his former associate and the then Polish Prime Minister Jozef Cyrankiewicz.
		Pilecki survived his first days in Auschwitz and later established the first cell of his secret organization.
		Pilecki’s secret organization, which he called the ‘Union of Military Organization’, was composed of cells of five prisoners who were unknown to one another with one man designated to be their commander.
	democracyfrontline.org /articles/?p=5 (2021 words)

	:: Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau w Oświęcimiu EN ::
		The subject of Cyra's study is Cavalry Captain Witold Pilecki, the only man who ever "volunteered" to go to Auschwitz.
		Pilecki did so in order to set up a resistance organization in the camp.
		After surviving the war, Pilecki was sentenced to death by a communist court and executed by firing squad in 1948 "Ochotnik do Auschwitz.
	www.auschwitz.org.pl /new/index.php?tryb=news_big&language=EN&id=193 (206 words)

	Polish Film Festival in Los Angeles - Film gallery
		In 1920, while still a student at a junior high school, Witold Pilecki participated in the defense of Vilnius against the Soviet army.
		His goal was to create an underground military unit within the concentration camp, organize an attack of Home Army units coordinated with an air-bombing campaign by the allied forces, and liberate the camp.
		During the Warsaw Uprising in 1944, Pilecki was the commander of the Second Compaign of the First Batallion of the Army Group “Chrobry II”.
	www.polishfilmla.org /wocms.php?siteID=12&ID=60 (211 words)

	Witold Pilecki - Gurupedia
		Witold Pilecki 1901-1948 was a soldier of Second Polish Republic.
		Witold Pilecki escaped from the camp on April 27, 1943, taking with him documents stolen from the Germans.
		1944, Pilecki fought without even revealing his military rank.
	www.gurupedia.com /w/wi/witold_pilecki.htm (473 words)

	Witold Pilecki
		Witold Pilecki is one of the topics in focus at Global Oneness.
		Witold Pilecki, Witold Pilecki - Biography, Witold Pilecki - Pilecki's early life, Witold Pilecki - World War II breaks out, Witold Pilecki - The Auschwitz campaign: 945 days, Witold Pilecki - Back outside Auschwitz: the Warsaw Uprising.
		The Holocaust is the name applied to the systematic state-sponsored persecution and genocide of various ethnic, religious and political groups during World War II by Nazi Germany and collaborators.
	www.experiencefestival.com /witold_pilecki (1206 words)

	Pilecki - a man who volountered to go to Aushwitz and back. - Military Photos
		Pilecki - a man who volountered to go to Aushwitz and back.
		Witold Pilecki was born May 13, 1901, in Olonets (in Polish, Ołoniec) on the shores of Lake Ladoga in Karelia, Russia, where his family had been forcibly resettled by Tsarist Russian authorities after the suppression of Poland's January Uprising of 1863-1864.
		Buried here is his widow, Maria, née Ostrowska (1906—2002).Pilecki's conviction is generally thought to have been based on false charges and evidence, as part of a prosecution of Home Army members and others connected with the Polish Government in Exile in London.
	www.militaryphotos.net /forums/showthread.php?t=33202 (1837 words)

	The Canadian Foundation of Polish-Jewish Heritage -
		When he was assigned to a night shift at a camp bakery outside the fence, he and two comrades overpowered a guard, cut the phone line and escaped on the night of April 26-April 27, 1943, taking along documents stolen from the Germans.
		Pilecki's detailed report (Raport Witolda--"Witold's Report") was sent to London.
		An air raid was considered too risky, and Home Army reports on Nazi atrocities at Auschwitz were deemed to be gross exaggerations (Pilecki wrote: "During the first 3 years, at Auschwitz there perished 2 million people; in the next 2 years--3 million").
	polish-jewish-heritage.org /Eng/06-04_The_Bravest_Man_Who_Ever_Died.html (3171 words)

	Letters to the editor (Volume 12 number 2)
		The essay mentions Witold Pilecki, the Polish officer who organized an underground Resistance network in Auschwitz while he was a prisoner there.
		Readers may perhaps be interested to know about Pilecki's tragic fate after he escaped from the camp in 1943.
		Pilecki was tried by a Communist court in 1948, sentenced to death, and executed in a Warsaw prison.
	www.ihr.org /jhr/v12/v12p245_Letters.html (2148 words)

	Auschwitz and the Exile Government of Poland
		It was founded by a Polish officer, Witold Pilecki, who had been arrested and sent to Auschwitz in September of 1940.
		Pilecki states that in just one month, March 1942, he personally recruited more than 100 persons for his group alone.
		Clandestine contacts between Auschwitz and the outside were already so frequent and well organized by 1942 that Pilecki, founder of one of the resistance groups within the camp, was in "constant relationship" not only with the headquarters of the AK in Warsaw but also with the commandants of the districts of Cracow and Silesia.
	www.ihr.org /jhr/v11/v11p282_Aynat.html (11296 words)

	Witold Pilecki (amazing life of the Polish hero that too few know about) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Witold Pilecki (May 13, 1901 –; May 25, 1948); codenames Roman Jezierski, Tomasz Serafinski, Druh, Witold) was a soldier of the Second Polish Republic, founder of the resistance movement Secret Polish Army (Tajna Armia Polska) and member of the Home Army (Armia Krajowa).
		Witold Pilecki with extracted nails during tortures in a communist prison.
		But you'll find pretty interesting text in English about Witold Pilecki when you follow the link posted by me in #4 (including fragments of Pilecki's diary translated to English).
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1632682/posts (3352 words)

	Keyword (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Witold Pilecki Born May 13, 1901, Olonets, Karelia, Russia.
		Witold Pilecki (May 13, 1901 Â— May 25, 1948); codenames Roman Jezierski, Tomasz Serafinski, Druh, Witold) was a soldier of the Second Polish Republic, founder of the resistance movement Secret Polish Army (Tajna Armia Polska) and member of the Home Army (Armia Krajowa).
		Pilecki's early life Witold Pilecki was born May 13, 1901, in Olonets (in Polish, Oloniec) on the shores of Lake Ladoga in Karelia, Russia, where his family had been forcibly resettled by Tsarist Russian authorities after the suppression of Poland's January Uprising of 1863-1864.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/keyword?k=pilecki (754 words)

	Hexapedia - Sluzba Bezpieczenstwa (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		UB and SB has been responsible for prosecuting Armia Krajowa soldiers, anybody suspect of favouring the Western Allies after the Second World War, many murders, flails and other covert operations against any suspect oppositions to the communist rule.
		Among the people murdered by SB are: Witold Pilecki, Jerzy Popieluszko.
		After 1990, many SB operatives have been tried for their crimes.
	www.hexafind.com.cob-web.org:8888 /encyclopedia/Sluzba_Bezpieczenstwa (257 words)

	Cynical-C Blog: Comment on Witold Pilecki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Witold Pilecki (May 13, 1901 — May 25, 1948) was a soldier of the Second Polish Republic, founder of the resistance movement Secret Polish Army (Tajna Armia Polska) and member of the Home Army (Armia Krajowa).
		Be sure to read it through the section called The Auschwitz Campaign: 945 days:
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	www.cynical-c.com /mt/mt-comments.cgi?entry_id=5094 (578 words)

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