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Captain Pilecki giving maximum effort against the Nazis πŸ’ͺ (media.piefed.social)
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[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 31 points 5 days ago (1 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witold_Pilecki

[–] TaterTot@piefed.social 24 points 5 days ago

When your exploits are so legendary, unbelievable, and numerous, PugJesus just links to your wikipedia page

[–] Wutchilli@feddit.org 26 points 5 days ago

"Arrested on 8 May 1947 by the communist authorities, Pilecki was tortured, but in order to protect other operatives, he did not reveal any sensitive information"

Fought against Nazis and Soviets

[–] far_university1990@reddthat.com 9 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Ehrenmann

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 7 points 5 days ago

A real mensch

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 1 points 5 days ago

That's a name.

[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 2 points 5 days ago

I've read the report he wrote after escaping. The part about his night in the camp hospital is hard to forget.

https://web.archive.org/web/20061023063734/http://www.polandpolska.org/dokumenty/witold/raport-witolda-1945.htm

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

That’s some hogans heroes shit, right there.