The Auschwitz volunteer
Jack Fairweather tells the story of Witold Pilecki who allowed himself to be arrested by the Nazis in order to gather intelligence from Auschwitz
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Jack Fairweather, author of the Costa Biography Award-winning book The Volunteer, tells the story of the Polish resistance leader Witold Pilecki who allowed himself to be arrested by the Nazis in order to gather intelligence from Auschwitz.
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