Witold Pilecki
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 76 years ago |
| Date of birth | May 13,1901 |
| Zodiac sign | Taurus |
| Born | Olonets |
| Russia | |
| Date of died | May 25,1948 |
| Died | Mokotow Prison |
| Warsaw | |
| Poland | |
| Spouse | Maria Pilecka |
| Children | Zofia Pilecka |
| Andrzej Pilecki | |
| Job | Soldier |
| Books | The Auschwitz Volunteer: Beyond Bravery |
| Report W: KL Auschwitz 1940-1943 | |
| Witold's Report | |
| Report W KL Auschwitz 1940-1943 | |
| Awards | Order of the White Eagle |
| Cross of Valour | |
| Warsaw Uprising Cross | |
| Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta | |
| Auschwitz Cross | |
| Silver Cross of Merit | |
| Siblings | Józef Pilecki |
| Jerzy Pilecki | |
| Wanda Pilecka | |
| Maria Pilecka | |
| Parents | Julian Pilecki |
| Ludwika Pilecka | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 513114 |
Witold Pilecki Life story
Witold Pilecki was a Polish World War II cavalry officer, intelligence agent, and resistance leader. As a youth, Pilecki joined Polish underground scouting; in the aftermath of World War I, he joined the Polish militia and, later, the Polish Army. He participated in the Polish–Soviet War which ended in 1921.
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Poland reacts angrily to Netflix Nazi death camp documentary
... The prime minister attached a map of Europe in late 1942 to the letter, as well as an account by Witold Pilecki, who was voluntarily imprisoned in Auschwitz and wrote about his experiences after successfully escaping...
Poland reacts angrily to Netflix Nazi death camp documentary
Auschwitz-Birkenau was The Most notorious death camp built in Nazi-occupied Poland
Poland's Prime Minister has written to streaming company Netflix insisting on changes to The Devil Next Door , a documentary about the Nazi death camps.
Mateusz Morawiecki said a map shown in the series locates the death camps within modern-day Poland's borders.
This misrepresents Poland as being responsible for the death camps, when it was actually occupied by Germany in World War Two, Mr Morawiecki said.
Netflix told Reuters it was aware of concerns regarding The Documentary .
Nazi Germany invaded Poland in 1939, which marked the beginning of The War .
The Germans built concentration camps including at Auschwitz, killing millions of people, most of them Jews.
Mr Morawiecki said in his letter to Reed Hastings , The Ceo of Netflix, that it was important to "honour the memory and preserve The Truth about World War II and The Holocaust ".
He accused "certain works" on Netflix of being "hugely inaccurate" and "Rewriting History ".
The Prime Minister attached a map of Europe in late 1942 to The Letter , as well as an account by Witold Pilecki , who was voluntarily imprisoned in Auschwitz and wrote about his experiences after successfully escaping.
"I believe that this terrible mistake has been committed unintentionally," Mr Morawiecki added.
Last year, criminalising language implying Polish responsibility for the atrocities committed by Nazi Germany .
However,
More Than five million Poles were killed during World War Two, including up to three million Jews who were murdered in the Nazi Holocaust. The death camps were planned and operated by occupying German SS units.
There were, however, some Polish atrocities against Jews and other civilians during and after The War .
In 1941, Polish villagers in Jedwabne, perhaps at the instigation of The Nazis , rounded up More Than 300 of their Jewish neighbours and burned them alive in a barn.
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Source of news: bbc.com
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