La incre燢le historia real de Witold Pilecki, el ico hombre que entr?en Auschwitz por decisi鏮 propia para sabotear el campo desde dentro y conseguir informaci鏮. Esta es la incre燢le historia real de la infiltraci鏮 de un h廨oe de la resistencia polaca que entr?en Auschwitz voluntariamente para sabotear el campo desde dentro, y su intento de desafiar a la muerte para advertir a los aliados sobre los planes de los nazis de llevar a cabo la Soluci鏮 final antes de que fuera demasiado tarde.
Para descubrir el destino de los miles de enterrados en un misterioso campamento nazi en la frontera del Reich, un luchador de la resistencia polaco de treinta y nueve a隳s llamado Witold Pilecki se ofreci?como voluntario para una misi鏮 audaz: asumir una identidad falsa, ser capturado intencionalmente y enviado al nuevo campamento, y luego informar secretamente sobre lo que le hab燰 sucedido a sus compatriotas all? Pero recopilar informaci鏮 no era su ica tarea: deb燰 ejecutar un ataque desde adentro, all?donde los alemanes menos lo esperar燰n.
El nombre del campo era Auschwitz.
Durante los siguientes dos a隳s y medio, Pilecki forj?un ej廨cito clandestino dentro de Auschwitz que sabote?instalaciones, asesin?a informantes y oficiales nazis, y reuni?pruebas de abusos terror璗icos y asesinatos en masa. Pero mientras reconstru燰 la horrible verdad de que el campamento se convertir燰 en el epicentro de los planes nazis para exterminar a los jud甐s de Europa, Pilecki se dio cuenta de que tendr燰 que poner en riesgo a sus hombres, su vida y su familia para advertir a Occidente antes de que todo se perdiera. Hacerlo significaba intentar lo imposible: escapar de Auschwitz.
Completamente eliminado de cualquier registro hist鏎ico por parte del gobierno comunista de posguerra de Polonia, Pilecki sigue siendo casi desconocido para el mundo. Ahora, con acceso exclusivo a diarios previamente ocultos, cuentas de familiares y sobrevivientes de campamentos, y archivos recientemente desclasificados, Jack Fairweather ofrece un documento inquebrantable de supervivencia, venganza y traici鏮 en la hora m嫳 oscura de la humanidad. Y al descubrir el tr墔ico resultado de la misi鏮 de Pilecki, revela, asimismo, que su derrota final no se origin?en Auschwitz o Berl璯, sino en Londres y Washington.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION The story of Witold Pilecki, a Polish man's efforts to destroy the Nazi camp from within and escape to warn the Allies of the Final Solution before it was too late. The incredible true story of a Polish resistance fighter's infiltration of Auschwitz to sabotage the camp from within, and his death-defying attempt to warn the Allies about the Nazis' plans for a "Final Solution" before it was too late.
To uncover the fate of the thousands being interred at a mysterious Nazi camp on the border of the Reich, a thirty-nine-year-old Polish resistance fighter named Witold Pilecki volunteered for an audacious mission: assume a fake identity, intentionally get captured and sent to the new camp, and then report back to the underground on what had happened to his compatriots there. But gathering information was not his only task: he was to execute an attack from inside--where the Germans would least expect it.
The name of the camp was Auschwitz.
Over the next two and half years, Pilecki forged an underground army within Auschwitz that sabotaged facilities, assassinated Nazi informants and officers, and gathered evidence of terrifying abuse and mass murder. But as he pieced together the horrifying truth that the camp was to become the epicenter of Nazi plans to exterminate Europe's Jews, Pilecki realized he would have to risk his men, his life, and his family to warn the West before all was lost. To do so, meant attempting the impossible--an escape from Auschwitz itself.
Completely erased from the historical record by Poland's post-war Communist government, Pilecki remains almost unknown to the world. Now, with exclusive access to previously hidden diaries, family and camp survivor accounts, and recently declassified files, Jack Fairweather offers an unflinching portrayal of survival, revenge and betrayal in mankind's darkest hour. And in uncovering the tragic outcome of Pilecki's mission, he reveals that its ultimate defeat originated not in Auschwitz or Berlin, but in London and Washington.
