Witold Pilecki Zitate

„Wenn Józef Cyrankiewicz herausfindet, dass ich hier bin, bin ich tot.“

„Sie haben also keinen Anderen freigelassen. Ich kann nicht mehr leben, sie haben mich fertig gemacht. Auschwitz war einfach [im Vergleich zum Mokotow-Gefängnis].“

“I've been trying to live my life so that in the hour of my death I would rather feel joy, than fear.”

“The game which I was now playing in Auschwitz was dangerous. This sentence does not really convey the reality; in fact, I had gone far beyond what people in the real world consider dangerous.”

“I found a joy in myself, coming from the awareness that I want to fight.”

“I was not a[n intelligence] resident, only a Polish officer. I carried out my orders until arrested. I had no sense that I was a spy, and I ask that this be taken into account in deciding my verdict.”

“During the first 3 years at Auschwitz, 2 million people were killed. Over the next 2 years, 3 Million.”

“So they didn't let anybody else off. I can't live anymore, they've done me. Auschwitz was just a child's play.”