Witold Pilecki's Heroism
The man who willingly walked into Auschwitz
4.4 (16)
40 mins
Explore the unbelievable mission of Witold Pilecki, who volunteered to enter Auschwitz when most people were desperately trying to escape it. Discover how he survived the camp while secretly documenting its horrors and building an underground resistance network.
Ep 1:
A Volunteer for Hell
Meet Witold Pilecki, a Polish officer and family man who chose to walk voluntarily into Auschwitz on a covert mission that no sane commander would order.
Ep 2:
Inside the Cage of Auschwitz
Inside the camp, Pilecki builds a secret resistance network and a homemade radio, smuggling out the first evidence of mass murder as the Holocaust begins.
Ep 3:
Screams No One Would Hear
Pilecki's desperate pleas to bomb and attack Auschwitz go unanswered, forcing a daring escape and a bitter homecoming where his evidence is doubted.
Ep 4:
Erased, Then Remembered
After surviving Auschwitz and the Warsaw Uprising, Pilecki faces communist Poland's ultimate betrayal—and a decades-long fight to reclaim his erased legacy.
Discussions (5)
Chad
Level 5 · 1 mo agobuilt a resistance cell inside Auschwitz and the response from London was basically radio silence. wild.
Monty
Level 4 · 1 mo agoWalked in on purpose. Damn.
Oakley
Level 6 · 1 mo agowalked in voluntarily 💀
