Posted on May 25, 2018

Witold Pilecki

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An amazing life to say the least. On May 25, 1948 Witold Pilecki, Polish WWII resistance fighter (volunteered to go to Auschwitz, Witold's Report), executed by communist secret police after a show trial at age 47.

Witold Pilecki

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SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth

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Excellent history share.

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CW5 Jack Cardwell

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Greathistory lesson!

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SPC Woody Bullard

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To survive Adolf Hitler's Nazi Third Reich during World War II was amazing.
Then to be killed by Joseph Stalin's communist enforces after WW II was tragic.

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SPC Woody Bullard I feel the same way.

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