Witold Pilecki quotes

Witold Pilecki was a Polish soldier, resistance fighter, and intelligence agent during World War II. Famous for volunteering to infiltrate Auschwitz, he gathered and smuggled out crucial information about the Holocaust. He became a symbol of extraordinary bravery and self-sacrifice in the fight against tyranny. Here are 8 of his quotes:

So they didn't let anybody else off. I can't live anymore, they've done me. Auschwitz was just a child's play.

Witold Pilecki

If Józef Cyrankiewicz finds out I'm here, I'm dead.

Witold Pilecki

I've been trying to live my life so that in the hour of my death I would rather feel joy, than fear.

Witold Pilecki

The game which I was now playing in Auschwitz was dangerous. This sentence does not really convey the reality; in fact, I had gone far beyond what people in the real world consider dangerous.

Witold Pilecki

I found a joy in myself, coming from the awareness that I want to fight.

Witold Pilecki

I was not a[n intelligence] resident, only a Polish officer. I carried out my orders until arrested. I had no sense that I was a spy, and I ask that this be taken into account in deciding my verdict.

Witold Pilecki

I carried out my orders until arrested. I had no sense that I was spying, and I ask that this be taken into account in deciding my verdict.

Witold Pilecki