Jack Fairweather, author of a best-selling biography of Witold Pilecki – “The Volunteer” – tells about the Polish hero’s life. Describing Pilecki’s fate, he tells a story of remarkable, brave man living in hard times, whose message is still important and still inspires. Witold Pilecki is currently widely known in Poland, although his story…
There was only one man in the history of the world who voluntarily went to Nazi German Concentration Camp in Auschwitz, then organised a resistance movement there, and later managed to escape from the camp by his own efforts. His name was Witold Pilecki. On the occasion of the 120th anniversary of the birth of…
Win a copy of The Volunteer by Jack Fairweather, which was recently named Costa Book of the Year. Fairweather’s biography of Witold Pilecki presents the life of this soldier from the Polish anti-Nazi underground who voluntarily entered KL Auschwitz with a mission to uncover its horrors and reveal them to the world. On this occasion,…
Jack Fairweather, The Volunteer: One Man, an Underground Army, and the Secret Mission to Destroy Auschwitz, Custom House: New York 2019 by Igor Niewiadomski Less than three months have passed since the release of Jack Fairweather’s book, and it remains very popular. Polish media has thoroughly discussed the book, as have the media in…
