The Volunteer. Witold Pilecki and his Mission in Auschwitz - Instytut Pileckiego
The Volunteer. Witold Pilecki and his Mission in Auschwitz
Presentation of the story hitherto unknown and untold outside Poland – that of Pilecki’s mission to Auschwitz, of his death at the hands of the Communist authorities, and of the attempts made to erase him from memory.
The complicated history of Poland in the 20th century is made up not only of military campaigns, the German occupation, and the crimes of Stalinism. History has many dimensions, and one of them is predominantly human – the dimension of the individual. From amongst many heroes, oftentimes nameless, the man who stands out as a symbol of the struggle against Communist and Nazi totalitarianism is worthy of our particular attention. Logically, therefore, there was no doubt that the exhibition marking the opening of the branch of the Pilecki Institute in Berlin would be devoted to Witold Pilecki.
Virtual tour of the exhibition (click).
The exhibition inaugurated the presence of the Pilecki Institute in Berlin in 2019.