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Poland Unveils Memorial to WWII Hero Slain by Communists |
2017-05-15 |
The memorial for Capt. Witold Pilecki is located near the place where in 1940 he let himself be caught by the occupying Nazi Germans. It was a step toward becoming an inmate of the Auschwitz death camp. Pilecki’s descendants joined hundreds of Warsaw residents and authorities at the ceremony Saturday. Survived the Nazis, Auschwitz, the Warsaw uprising, but was unable to survive the Communists. |
Posted by:Besoeker |
#1 Witold Pilecki is WAY up there in my list of real heroes. |
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2017-05-15 14:42 |