{"id":1225,"date":"2013-05-28T13:45:49","date_gmt":"2013-05-28T13:45:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/polonus.sk\/?p=1225"},"modified":"2013-05-28T13:45:49","modified_gmt":"2013-05-28T13:45:49","slug":"witold-pilecki-1901-1948","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ozpolonus.sk\/pl\/witold-pilecki-1901-1948\/","title":{"rendered":"Witold Pilecki \/1901-1948\/"},"content":{"rendered":"

Witold Pilecki<\/strong>\u00a0(13 May 1901\u00a0\u2013 25 May 1948;\u00a0Polish pronunciation:\u00a0<\/small>[\u02c8vit\u0254lt pi\u02c8l\u025bt\u0361sk\u02b2i]<\/a>;\u00a0codenames<\/a>\u00a0Roman Jezierski, Tomasz Serafi\u0144ski, Druh, Witold<\/em>) was a\u00a0Polish<\/a>\u00a0soldier (cavalry<\/a>\u00a0officer) during the\u00a0Second Polish Republic<\/a>, the founder of the\u00a0Secret Polish Army<\/a>\u00a0(Tajna Armia Polska<\/em>)\u00a0resistance<\/a>\u00a0group in German-occupied\u00a0Poland<\/a>\u00a0in November 1939 and a member of the underground Home Army (Armia Krajowa<\/a><\/em>), which was formed in February 1942. As the author of\u00a0Witold’s Report<\/a>, the first intelligence report on\u00a0Auschwitz concentration camp<\/a>, Pilecki enabled the\u00a0Polish government-in-exile<\/a>\u00a0to convince\u00a0the Allies<\/a>\u00a0that the\u00a0Holocaust<\/a>\u00a0was taking place.<\/p>\n

During World War II, he volunteered for a Polish resistance operation to get imprisoned at Auschwitz in order to gather\u00a0intelligence<\/a>\u00a0and escape. While in the camp, Pilecki organized aresistance movement<\/a>\u00a0and as early as 1941, informed the\u00a0Western Allies<\/a>\u00a0of\u00a0Nazi Germany<\/a>‚s Auschwitz atrocities. He escaped from the camp in 1943 and took part in the\u00a0Warsaw Uprising<\/a>. He remained loyal to the London-based Polish government-in-exile and was executed in 1948 by the\u00a0Stalinist<\/a>\u00a0secret police<\/a>\u00a0Urz\u0105d Bezpiecze\u0144stwa<\/a>\u00a0on charges of working for „foreign imperialism“, thought to be a euphemism for\u00a0MI6<\/a>.[1]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0Until 1989, information on his exploits and fate was suppressed by the\u00a0Polish communist regime<\/a>.[1]<\/a><\/sup>[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

As a result of his deeds, he is considered as „one of the greatest wartime heroes“.[3]<\/a><\/sup>[4]<\/a><\/sup>[5]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0In the foreword to the book\u00a0The Auschwitz Volunteer: Beyond Bravery<\/em>[6]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0Michael Schudrich<\/a>, the Chief Rabbi of Poland, wrote as follows: „When God created the human being, God had in mind that we should all be like Captain Witold Pilecki, of blessed memory.<\/em>„[7]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0In the introduction to that book\u00a0Norman Davies<\/a>, a British historian, wrote: „If there was an Allied hero who deserved to be remembered and celebrated, this was a person with few peers<\/em>„.[7]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0At the commemoration event of\u00a0International Holocaust Remembrance Day<\/a>\u00a0held in the US Holocaust Memorial Museum on 27 January 2013\u00a0Ryszard Schnepf<\/a>, the Polish Ambassador to the US, described Pilecki as a „diamond among Poland\u2019s heroes<\/em>“ and „the highest example of Polish patriotism<\/em>„25 maja 1946 roku zamordowany zosta\u0142 w Warszawie oficer Wojska Polskiego, Witold Pilecki, wsp\u00f3\u0142za\u0142o\u017cyciel Tajnej Armii Polskiej, oficer Armii Krajowej.<\/p>\n

Rotmistrz kawalerii Witold Pilecki, u\u017cywaj\u0105cy w konspiracji r\u00f3\u017cnych pseudonim\u00f3w (\u201eWitold\u201d, \u201eDruh\u201d) i nazwisk (m.in.\u201eRoman Jezierski\u201d, \u201eTomasz Serafi\u0144ski\u201d, \u201eLeon Bryjak\u201d, \u201eJan Uzna\u0144ski\u201d, \u201eWitold Smoli\u0144ski\u201d), urodzi\u0142 si\u0119 13 maja 1901 w O\u0142o\u0144cu, mie\u015bcie po\u0142o\u017conym w p\u00f3\u0142nocno-zachodniej Rosji, na terenie Republiki Karelii. Pochodzi\u0142 z rodziny zes\u0142anej tutaj przez w\u0142adze rosyjskie w ramach represji na Polakach uczestnicz\u0105cych w powstaniu styczniowym.<\/p>\n

Pilecki na w\u0142asne oczy widzia\u0142, opisa\u0142 i prze\u017cy\u0142 groz\u0119 Holokaustu w obozie zag\u0142ady Auschwitz, kt\u00f3r\u0105 jako pierwszy na \u015bwiecie opisa\u0142 w znanych \u201eRaportach Pileckiego\u201d.<\/p>\n

W celu zdobycia infomacji o warunkach panuj\u0105cych w hitlerowskim obozie Auschwitz, dobrowolnie wszed\u0142 we wrze\u015bniu 1940 roku do \u0142apanki ulicznej w Warszawie i wywiezony zosta\u0142 si\u0119 do obozu zag\u0142ady, gdzie przyby\u0142 tzw. drugim warszawskim transportem w nocy z 21 na 22 wrze\u015bnia 1940. W obozie natychmiast rozpocz\u0105\u0142 dzia\u0142alno\u015b\u0107 konspiracyjn\u0105 i zbiera\u0142 potrzebne informacje. By\u0142 g\u0142\u00f3wnym organizatorem obozowego ruchu oporu i konspiracji. Jako wi\u0119zie\u0144 obozowy oznaczony by\u0142 numerem 4859. Podczas pobytu w Auschwitz opracowa\u0142 sprawozdania o zag\u0142adzie i ludob\u00f3jstwie, kt\u00f3re dociera\u0142y na zewn\u0105trz obozu przez komando pralnicze do dow\u00f3dztwa AK w Warszawie i przez Szwecj\u0119 dalej na Zach\u00f3d.<\/p>\n

Z obozu uciek\u0142 na wolno\u015b\u0107 wraz z dwoma innymi wsp\u00f3\u0142wi\u0119\u017aniami w nocy z 26 na 27 kwietnia 1943 roku.<\/p>\n

Po zako\u0144czeniu drugiej wojny \u015bwiatowej zorganizowa\u0142 jesieni\u0105 1945 w Polsce siatk\u0119 wywiadowcz\u0105 zbieraj\u0105c\u0105 informacje o sytuacji w kraju. R\u00f3wnie\u017c o tym co si\u0119 dzieje z by\u0142ymi \u017co\u0142nierzami Armii Krajowej i 2 Korpusu, kt\u00f3rzy byli wi\u0119zieni w obozach NKWD i deportowani na Syberi\u0119.<\/p>\n

8 maja 1947 zosta\u0142 aresztowany. W wi\u0119zieniu by\u0142 okrutnie bity i torturowany przez funkcjonariuszy Urz\u0119du Bezpiecze\u0144stwa. Nast\u0119pnie zosta\u0142 oskar\u017cony o\u00a0szpiegostwo i\u00a0dzia\u0142alno\u015b\u0107 wywiadowcz\u0105 na rzecz\u00a0Rz\u0105du RP w Londynie. 15 marca 1948 skazany zosta\u0142 na kar\u0119 \u015bmierci. Mimo pro\u015bb by\u0142ych wi\u0119\u017ani\u00f3w z Auschwitz, obro\u0144c\u00f3w oskar\u017conego i \u017cony wychowuj\u0105cej ma\u0142oletnie dzieci, \u00f3wczesny prezydent Boles\u0142aw Bierut nie skorzysta\u0142 z prawa \u0142aski.<\/p>\n

Witold Pilecki zastrzelony zosta\u0142 25 maja 1948 przez funkcjonariusza UB w wi\u0119zieniu mokotowskim strza\u0142em w ty\u0142 g\u0142owy. Pochowany zosta\u0142 na dotychczas nieznanym miejscu. Wiele wskazuje na to, \u017ce jego szcz\u0105tki pogrzebane zosta\u0142y w Kwaterze na \u0141\u0105czce, miejscu tajnych poch\u00f3wk\u00f3w ofiar represji stalinowskich i UB.<\/p>\n

W 1990 roku by\u0142 rehabilitowany i odznaczony po\u015bmiertnie Orderem Or\u0142a Bia\u0142ego.<\/p>\n

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Waldemar Oszcz\u0119da<\/em><\/em>Witold Pilecki<\/strong>\u00a0(13. kv\u011btna<\/a>\u00a01901<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a025. kv\u011btna<\/a>\u00a01948<\/a>; kryc\u00ed jm\u00e9na Roman Jezierski, Tomasz Serafi\u0144ski, Druh, Witold) byl polsk\u00fd voj\u00e1k, spoluzakladatel protinacistick\u00e9 odbojov\u00e9 organizace Tajn\u00e1 polsk\u00e1 arm\u00e1da (Tajna Armia Polska) a pozd\u011bji \u010dlen partyz\u00e1nsk\u00e9\u00a0Zemsk\u00e9 arm\u00e1dy<\/a>\u00a0(Armia Krajowa). Byl jedin\u00fdm \u010dlov\u011bkem, kter\u00fd se kdy dobrovoln\u011b nechal uv\u011bznit v\u00a0koncentra\u010dn\u00edm t\u00e1bo\u0159e Osv\u011btim<\/a>, aby zde organizoval odpor v\u011bz\u0148\u016f a z\u00edsk\u00e1val zpravodajsk\u00e9 informace. D\u00edky n\u011bmu se ji\u017e v roce 1940 ke\u00a0Spojenc\u016fm<\/a>\u00a0dostaly prvn\u00ed zpr\u00e1vy o nacistick\u00fdch zlo\u010dinech v tomto koncentra\u010dn\u00edm t\u00e1bo\u0159e. V roce 1943 z t\u00e1bora unikl a \u00fa\u010dastnil se\u00a0Var\u0161avsk\u00e9ho povst\u00e1n\u00ed<\/a>. V \u0159ad\u00e1ch Zemsk\u00e9 arm\u00e1dy dos\u00e1hl hodnosti kapit\u00e1na.<\/p>\n

Po v\u00e1lce Witold Pilecki pracoval jako agent demokratick\u00e9 polsk\u00e9 exilov\u00e9 vl\u00e1dy a v Polsku shroma\u017e\u010foval informace o sov\u011btsk\u00fdch zlo\u010dinech na Pol\u00e1c\u00edch. Komunistick\u00e1 tajn\u00e1 policie ho v\u0161ak odhalila a zatkla. P\u0159es\u00a0mu\u010den\u00ed<\/a>\u00a0p\u0159i v\u00fdsle\u0161\u00edch neprozradil \u017e\u00e1dn\u00e9 citliv\u00e9 informace a byl popraven v kv\u011btnu 1948 v Mokotovsk\u00e9m v\u011bzen\u00ed ve Var\u0161av\u011b.<\/p>\n

Pileck\u00e9ho jm\u00e9no bylo po celou dobu komunistick\u00e9ho re\u017eimu v Polsku zak\u00e1zan\u00e9 a pam\u00e1tka na n\u011bho se t\u00e9m\u011b\u0159 vytratila. V lednu 2008 proto polsk\u00e1 nadace Fundacja Paradis Judaeorum vyhl\u00e1sila akci\u00a0P\u0159ipome\u0148me si kapit\u00e1na<\/em>\u00a0(Przypomnijmy o Rotmistrzu<\/em>), kter\u00e1 m\u00e1 vr\u00e1tit Pileck\u00e9mu n\u00e1le\u017eitou \u00factu a v\u00fdro\u010d\u00ed jeho smrti ka\u017edoro\u010dn\u011b p\u0159ipom\u00ednat jako celoevropsk\u00fd Den hrdin\u016f boje proti totalit\u011b.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Witold Pilecki\u00a0(13 May 1901\u00a0\u2013 25 May 1948;\u00a0Polish pronunciation:\u00a0[\u02c8vit\u0254lt pi\u02c8l\u025bt\u0361sk\u02b2i];\u00a0codenames\u00a0Roman Jezierski, Tomasz Serafi\u0144ski, Druh, Witold) was a\u00a0Polish\u00a0soldier (cavalry\u00a0officer) during the\u00a0Second Polish Republic, the founder of the\u00a0Secret Polish Army\u00a0(Tajna Armia Polska)\u00a0resistance\u00a0group in German-occupied\u00a0Poland\u00a0in November 1939 and a member of the underground Home Army (Armia Krajowa), which was formed in February 1942. As the author of\u00a0Witold’s Report, the […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":63,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poliaci-vo-svete","category-waldemar-oszczeda"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ozpolonus.sk\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ozpolonus.sk\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ozpolonus.sk\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ozpolonus.sk\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/63"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ozpolonus.sk\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ozpolonus.sk\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1225\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ozpolonus.sk\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ozpolonus.sk\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ozpolonus.sk\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}