*I Salute This Great Hero* Inmate 4859 - Witold Pilecki - Sabaton History 042 [Official]

[@samnemeth-smyth6109]

In 1991 after the fall of the USSR, one of the first acts of the new Polish democratic government was to exonerate Wiltold and award him the Order of the White Eagle, Poland's highest military award.

[@trevdestroyer8209]

Order of the white eagle is the highest Order of merit, the highest military Order is Virtuti militari

[@jarzenica]

Niestety po tym jak Duda dał Order Orła Białego Zelenskiemu order już niewiele znaczy...

[@PaweBystrzan]

@@jarzenica Zapomniałeś o Macierewiczu i wielu innych. Niestety symbol, przestał być symbolem. Sam fakt że Piotrowicz, który skazywał na śmierć dziś nadal pełni tak ważną funkcję i to niby po polskiej prawicy powinno dać do myślenia. Ani Konfa, ani pis, ani..... Znam 2 Posłów, którzy zrobili coś dla Polski zgodnie z obietnicą - Poseł Paweł Szramka - za walkę - niestety bezskuteczną, ale bardzo trudną z Mafią "Układ Wrocławski" i Poseł Liroy - za legalizację produktów Konopnych, które ratują życie i jego komfort. Reszta to ścierwo.

[@jarzenica]

@@PaweBystrzan Zgadzam się z tobą.

[@helenalesniewska1768]

@@PaweBystrzan Piotrowicz skazywal na smierc? Jakis dokument na to masz? Czy to zwykla propaganda?

[@RinhardPlays]

The thing that they did not mention is that he was brutally tortured at the prison prior to his sentence. In his last days he himself mentioned that Auschwitz was a childs play to him compared to the tortures he endured in soviet prison.

[@SpecterNeverSpectator]

It was mentioned

[@gerwaltspodnovigradu5508]

That shows how great was soviet union, the greatest "liberators" in history, USA wishes they were half as good

[@beatryczelupa5411]

Mr. Pilecki's children, Andrzej, aged 91, and Zofia, aged 90, are still alive.Thank you for your honest reaction!

[@kudata7392]

My mom knows his son, Mr. Andrzej Pilecki. We also know Mrs. Maria Serafińska-Domańska, daughter of the real Tomasz Serafiński, who's name Pilecki took going to the camp.

[@beatryczelupa5411]

@@kudata7392

[@blurrpp314]

Its easy to understand why Polish dont like Russians. After the war pupet goverment in Poland controled by Soviets, set do death many of Polish heroes, for example pilots who returned form England (kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZ_Ig2efeaxshJI, the highest scoring squadron was Polish one) and ofcourse Pilecki. One of the last words form Pilecki before death: „I've been trying to live my life so that in the hour of my death I would rather feel joy, than fear.“

[@darekjaskulski3375]

My dear friend. Russians are one of greatest nation on earth. We hate communists and communism.

[@orson1821]

Those words were scratched on the wall of his cell. His last words were never put on the record.

[@alh6255]

Between 1945-1954 (the end of Stalinism era in Poland), soviets killed more than half of million Poles. They also imprisoned 2 times more in terrible conditions in concentration camps, which also meant more than hundred thousand new invalids. It is worth recalling that as a result of World War II, the percentage of invalids in Poland (war and victims of German and Soviet repression per 100,000 inhabitants) was the highest in Europe. And then there were the Soviet victims after the war. Anyway, Poles did not allow themselves to be broken and, e.g, they won very quickly most liberal communism in the world. This process gained momentum after 1956, but even during Stalinism the communists in Poland did not manage to take away private farms from peasants and create collective farms (the only communist country where they did not manage to achieve this), as a result of enormous and very courageous social resistance. It was also not possible to liquidate small private companies.

[@Herio7]

Russians have basically imprisoned and exploited the whole country. Destroyed the economy, refused help and reparations, and delayed us for ages in super crucial times. Yeah USSR did nothing good neither for Poland, nor any country they controlled. They shouldn't be treated as winners of WWII but aggressors which they were.

[@bohomazdesign725]

Once when I was a 17 YO student in Szczecin (Poland) we had in our school an Israeli Rabbi as guest and we talked about WW2 and all the atrocities that happened during that time and he said that if there ever was a an angel sent by god to help humanity it was Witold Pilecki, the righteoust men that ever walked on Earth. A men so selfless and courageous that its a compliment for god to call him an equal to god. A men humanity did not deserve to have. Witold Pilecki, the hero among heroes the world doesnt know about.

[@thanos8494]

He was an amazing hero but don't compare him to God, he (Jesus) went through hell on earth (it wasn't just the cross, he went through smt much worse) died for all of us.

[@nexor7809]

@@thanos8494 jesus is imaginary. Dont compare a fake made up character to a real life hero. Get a grip on reality, fool.

[@miafranlund6982]

As being Swedish, I'm proud of Sabaton for giving spotlight to the untold stories. I have been waiting for you to react to the song and history about him. I first learned the history of him when Sabatons album Heroes came out in 2014, and yet it still makes me cry. The pain and the suffering he went through is simply unimaginable, and yet he never stopped fighting for his people and country. When one looks up the word "hero" in a dictionary, his picture should be shown. Thank you for making this reaction, and as I have commented on other reactions you've made, thank you for doing so with so much empathy and respect.🥰

[@bullet1544]

Thank You. and Sabaton did an outstanding "job".

[@oliversherman2414]

As a half Swede, I agree 🇸🇪 (My other half is British 🇬🇧)

[@magdabogart6592]

Witold Pilecki o więzieniu komunistycznym powiedział "Oświęcim (niem. Auschwitz) to była igraszka". Tym była sowiecka władza instalująca się w zdradzonej przez zachód Polsce. Tym była komuna. Gorsza od Auschwitz. Trudne do wyobrażenia prawda ? Jednak komuś takiemu jak Witold Pilecki można wierzyć w 100 %. Nie wiemy gdzie jest jego miejsce zakopania, bo własnego grobu nie ma.

[@alfiewilliams2852]

There should be a full photo album.

[@guyfawkes1360]

Sabaton brings history to life in a more palatable way.

[@williammelaniegappmayer2655]

People saying they could do what he did, the combination of courage, intestinal fortitude and luck (he could have been one of those beaten and killed day), this man is one of the 1% of the 1% he deserves to be remembered and admired.

[@AmericansLearn]

Absolutely. 100%

[@bullet1544]

TRUE

[@elzbietabetlej4085]

​@@AmericansLearnPilecki was executed bc communists hunted down such patriots knowing they cannot get him on their side, nor would he agree for their govern. He was one of many that has been defamed, tried to be erased from the history. Żołnierze wyklęci- "Cursed Soldiers" was the tiltle for those who fought against sovietisation of Poland. The torture after arresting, show off trials with no chance of defending yourself and executions was part of making Poland submit to communism and Stalin.

[@Liquidazot]

He is!

[@krystiankryspowicz7565]

Pilecki was very religious, his last request to his wife was for their children to read "about the imitation of Christ" every day

[@clausskjold8487]

I have been to Auschwitch and Birkenau, about 5 years ago and have seen the places shown in this film, and i can tell you, one visit is more than enough, but i think as many people as possible should visit and see for themselves. Greeting from Denmark

[@stasekbaca]

fak iiu aMERI ENDNNGLAD

[@OttoPfilch]

Really appreciate the raction. My great grandparents were sent there, my greate grandma died there and my greate granddad met Pilecki in the camp, they were sleeping in the same barrack. He survived the war. Even though he died one day before i was born, i know fiew of his stories. Thank you for showing people around the world story of Witold, Auschwitz and a bit of my ansestors. I really appreciate that

[@AmericansLearn]

And I appreciate you sharing your story as well.

[@Xoruam]

See, a lot of people might criticize us when we joke about Auschwitz or the Holocaust. Growing up near Kraków, an hour from the camp by bus, I certainly heard a _lot_ of jokes regarding the topic. But the thing is, a lot of what you've seen here, we learned in high school. A trip to the camp, at least when I was in school, was obligatory, and there you could see piles of shoes, of hair, personal belongings, which remained after the people who lost their lives there. You walked among the barracks, you saw the wall where the prisoners were shot... And my parents, I remember telling me that they went there at an even earlier age. So, how do you cope with this? By making it into a joke. A grim, awful joke, which you laugh at, and then you tell yourself "I am _so_ going to hell for laughing at that...". EDIT: Also, another thing - there is a famous quote by Pilecki, talking to his wife after being arrested by the Security Bureau, in regard to the way he's been treated by the socialists: _Auschwitz was a child's play, compared to this..._ EDIT2: As for his personality, I remember... I believe it was his daughter, who spoke of him. IIRC, she said that he's always been a very devout, calm man, who literally wouldn't hurt a spider, always teaching her that all life is sacred and should always be treated as such.

[@kamilidziak9229]

same.. tez sie urodzilem i wychowalem kolo krk

[@rabarba6]

WW2 history of Poland is full of heroes like the Captain so much so it would take Hollywood a century to cover it.

[@Lola_in_the_Black]

There were many great Polish heroes that first were murdered for being heroes (because just by existing they were dangerous for Soviets) and were buried by history because they weren't convenient for politics. Thank you for making this video and for your reaction!

[@agnieszkazuk]

Thank you for your honest reaction! When I read the books about the ww2 in the final year in my high school I was crying. I respect people who thought in the war and who was in the resistance after it. I'm a patriotic scout. There are many Polish people who are patriotic. But some people in the world call us nationalists, even nazis when we do our Independance Day March in Warsav with thousands of white and red Polish flags...

[@jannawalany5942]

Oh man, you have no idea how much your reaction means to me. Thank you! My mom and Witold Pilecki's wife come from the same town. After the war, when my grandparents passed away, my mom, as the eldest of the family, was assigned to take care of the flag of the Polish Military Organization from this town who fought bravely against invaders (Polska Organizacja Wojskowa, Oddział Ostrów Maz.). I grew up looking every day at this flag with pride and respect. It was always exposed in the living room. With tears in my eyes, I remember the moment when this flag was donated by my family to the Home of the Pilecki Family Museum couple years ago (Muzeum Dom Rodziny Pileckich). Thanks again!

[@Natka505]

When he volunteered for this mission, no one knew what was going on there. And then it only got worse.

[@saintcynicism2654]

And yet at one point, he *still* refused to leave because he felt he still had work to do. He helped at least one small group of escapees (other resistance members if I remember right, but I don't think from his branch/arm) steal a car and some uniforms, handed them one of his reports, then sent them on their way while he stayed behind to keep working. The man was absolutely incredible.

[@bogumilak1391]

KAPO were not Polish criminals, but mostly Jewish or German (there were very few Polish kapos because they were considered traitors to the nation and for such betrayal they were killed by Polish underground soldiers. ). Why is everyone afraid to say it out lou that it was Jews, not Poles, who were kapos, and it was the Jews who were even worse than the German SS guards The film shows exactly what nationality KAPO was because he has the mark. You can clearly see two triangles in the form of STAR DAVID on the clothes, so he is a JEW!!!!! Poles had a red triangle with a capital letter P. This is not anti-Semitism, but a historical fact and you can easily check it on the Internet, just enter the phrase "nationality markings in Auschwitz". As a Pole who lost her great-grandmother in Auschwitz, I have to post this.

[@franktuminski8460]

I knew a few concentration camp survivors who told me about the Jewish Capos. Also, you can see it on a KZbin video, where Holocaust survivors who moved to Israel spoke about these Jewish capos.

[@lucasrokitowski8707]

There actually is a reason why there isn't any major Hollywood blockbuster movie about this and the grandson of Witold Pilecki talked about it in one of his interviews, but it wouldn't suit the yt terms of service, so...

[@argantyr5154]

I've seen and heard this several times, and each time I get sick to my stomack, but still it is a story worth remembering and being told both Witolds story and the life he had, and also what went on so we hopefully can learn and avoid anything like this ever happening again.

[@franktuminski8460]

Yes we should always watch Germans.

[@luckyassassin1]

​@@franktuminski8460you took away the wrong meaning

[@franktuminski8460]

@@luckyassassin1 I do not idea what you're talking about

[@UlsterHound77]

Something else to mention is... Pilecki knew he was found out. The British notified him in 1946 that the Soviets were on his trail and told him to get out. He chose to not get out. He chose to stay and continue his work all the way til the end.

[@grzegorzoleksiej6150]

Był Polakiem który kocham ludzi i swój kraj

[@marekzakrzewski612]

🤍🤍🤍❤❤❤🙏

[@wilku1019]

Tylko ze Tusk i banda chce mu to odebrać ruskogermańskie ścierwo komuniści są wśród nas to przykre

[@grazynafrey7545]

Beautiful speech by you at the end. Obviously, Witold didn't know what he was getting himself into, maybe thinking about just being kept in a cell, and not expecting the horror which ensued. The bravery of what he went through for so long has to be celebrated by any conscious person. A man for the ages.

[@elzbietabetlej4085]

For those who are interested - Historia bez cenzury has just posted video concerning Witold Pilecki: Ochotnik do piekła- Witold Pilecki. Historia bez cenzury ( the volunteer to hell- Witold Pilecki- history without censure)

[@matyy_.]

20:46 u can laugh but actually it happened romance in aushwitz is a real thing. jerzy Bielecki and Cyla Cybulska matter a fact they didnt only had a romance and the didnt only date inside aushwitz but they actually made it out the run away actually story on the edge of action movie and some tearrjerker. As far as i rememeber Jurek was some "right" hand of some other lets say important prisoner and he stole SSmans suit and took Cyla out of her barack and they made it out its really really shorthened and there is story after they run away but u can always look it up :D acutally there is a video called "Auschwitz. Incredible escape of the couple that fell in love" by ciekawehsitorie it has eng subtitles and there are interviews and stuff

[@AlexAndra-kf5sd]

Polish n Proud of our incredibly heroic history, unimpeded growth and bright future! Thanks for this reaction! Welcome to visit our country and experience our hospitality

[@cosmoreverb3943]

Appreciate your reaction to this one

[@aniaania3952]

Witold Pilecki was a very religious man. He was a Catholic and lived in imitation of Christ. That's why he was so brave when saving people. It is a very good and reliable biography. It was written by Anna Mandrela.

[@erleanduel]

on the side intended for Polish prisoners, the role of capo was performed by Jews. that's why the guy in 5:53 is wearing a star of david and an armband. I wrote this in response to words about the role played by Polish and German criminals.

[@robertnocznicki8999]

Hollywood came to his familij and asked "look, do You have Jews in Your family?" No. They walked out

[@aleksanderli1]

1. Pilecki had a wife and children (son & daughter) while doing all this. 2. Kapos in Auschwitz where also Jews. (look at the picture of Kapo even in this material - you'll see the sign on chest) 3. Do You know what Pilecki said to his wife during the one of the last family prison meetings in stalinist, soviet prison (Mokotów - Warsaw) Just a few weeks before communists executed him? "They finished me off here. Auschwitz was a joke"

[@lowcaglow-ij9ir]

hello, when it comes to romantic stories from Auschwitz, I know at least a few of them, but the best one is about a man who, while in Auschwitz, fell in love with a Jewish woman whom he promised at the beginning of his acquaintance that he would get her out of there. And he succeeded, and in a very effective way, because he was wearing an SS man's uniform. An amazing story, it's somewhere on youtube told by the hero himself.

[@lowcaglow-ij9ir]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qnvVmXuEmZ55iaM

[@miafranlund6982]

I have been waiting for you to react to this. What a hero! I am so thankful that I have had the privilege to be a Sabaton fan for so long. I would have had no idea about this story without Sabaton.

[@najroe]

great reaction. you will likely be tempted stray again, it is a part of their siren powers, they catch your imagination and interest. Yeah, I agree, he had plenty of courage, As the song say _ _ soldier in hell or hero in prisson

[@bajkabajeczka560]

My grandpa was captured from a street and sent to KL Majdanek- he escaped and helped some other prisoners but I remember he kept a slice of bread in his pocket always to the rest of his life.

[@gryphonosiris2577]

As I tell people: Whatever you think these camps were like... it's worse... far, far worse. Poleski is a hero with no equals, and I say that in comparison to heroes like Desmond Doss or Marina Raskova.

[@thomasjones6216]

Dear mr AmericansLearn, Witold's son Andrzej Pilecki is still alive aged 91 and so is his daughter Zofia aged 90 - so at least his children lived long lives In 2016, The Pilecki Family House Museum (Dom Rodziny Pileckich) was established in Ostrów Mazowiecka; it opened officially in 2019, but its permanent exhibition is still being prepared, with public opening planned for May 2022. The year 2017 saw the founding of the Pilecki Institute, a Polish government institution commemorating persons who helped Polish victims of war crimes and crimes against peace or humanity in the years 1917-1990. There are I believe 2 monuments Pilecki in Krakow and Warsaw - so at least he is marked in history even if his actual resting place is unknown

[@AmericansLearn]

That's amazing. Thanks for telling us!

[@thomasjones6216]

@@AmericansLearn welcome there's mentions on Wikipedia complete with photos of the monuments

[@Papa_Popolupo]

​@@AmericansLearn Thank You for this reaction... His death was tragic, same way die thousands of other Polish freedom fighters, victims of brutal communist reżim - they call them "cursed soldiers" now we call them "unbrakable soldiers", just recently reminds of some of them was find - her nick name was "Inka" just 16y old girl so danger for reżim so she need to die... There is album name "Panny Wyklęte" with song "Jedna chwila" about her, but i highly recommend whole album - is very good (but not rock) and is showing this topic from bit different point of view. (Write to me if translations will be problem) Wish You grate time, and one more time - thank You for bring this story up.

[@Dreamklubdk]

Ohh yes after this video we will absolutly 100% go back in order. Absolutly.... suuuurree... 😅 do what you want! Its all good.

[@bartsky1945]

He was unbreakable. 3 years of living in the most murderous place ever existed on Earth, ran by FRICKING German SS and Gestapo and then prison, torture and mock trial by the most vicious butchers and specialists in torture in the world, Soviet NKVD, who BTW wanted him to tell them NAMES of his comrades in order to get freedom! And he didn't break. That is practically against anything we knew so far about human nature, you hear from most sources that everyone can be bought or broken, if you know which button to press. Not him. In his last words he wrote to his relatives that "Aushwitz was kindergarten compared to Soviet prison".

[@krzysztofd9164]

Greetings from Poland, Bro✌

[@edim108]

There is a very good biography of Pilecki called "Witold Pilecki- Volunteer to Hell" or "Volunteer to Auschwitz" in other editions. I highly recommend reading it if you're interested in getting a more in-depth look at the incredible and tragic life of Pilecki.

[@athlonek]

5:55 The person presented in this material is neither German nor Polish. Note the star on his chest...

[@papasquat6]

Jack Fairweather wrote a nice biography called The Volunteer

[@kudata7392]

5:55 Kapos were not Polish nor German criminals. They were mostly Jews, as you can see by the David's star on the man's coat.

[@nicolleword4365]

As for his private life, Pilecki had a wife and two children. During his last visit, he told his wife that in the context of how he was tortured by the communists, "Auschwitz was a play."

[@michaelginnis521]

now you understand the epicness of this song

[@jthompson7175]

In hindsight, it's shocking to know the extent of what we didn't know was going on until the end of the war.

[@archimedes8276]

Joakim is right, we need a movie or mini series about this man, maybe a title as simple yet straight to the point as 4859

[@polekczyliokiemnuba8634]

It's a shame they didn't mention that Kapo were mostly Jewish, so it was also the jews that beat other jews...

[@franktuminski8460]

There is a video on youtube about the notoroius Jewish capos

[@darekjaskulski3375]

People do everything to survive

[@franktuminski8460]

@@darekjaskulski3375 Really? Decent people would not agree to do such work

[@darekjaskulski3375]

@@franktuminski8460 How many of as are decent 🤔

[@franktuminski8460]

@@darekjaskulski3375 Majority of Poles were decent and did not collaborate with the Nazis, only some with German roots. Yet, the American Jewish Organizations ( such as ADL) and the Israeli Government had launched a vicious campaign against Poles by accusing them of crimes committed by the Germans.

[@petermiller1050]

Hi there... hmmm... KAPOS... IF I'm not mistaken were juish...hmmm

[@erichvondonitz5325]

Even tragic that that, iirc, the judges doing it were Auschwitz survivors so it was literally the people he fought to save

[@bond1ize]

Cześć i chwała bohaterom !!!

[@Celsius67]

Serce pęka kiedy ogladając ten film uzmysławiam sobie jak wiele poświęcił na to aby poinformować Świat zewnętrzny co tak naprawdę dzieje się za drutami nieśławnęgo obozu Oświęcim-Brzezinka, który tak naprawdę był fabryką śmierci w którym życie straciło setki tysięcy istnień ludzkich. Niewypowiedziana wręcz groza jaka miała miejsce kazdego dnia była niedozaakceptowania przez ówcześnie rządzących oraz poprawność polityczna spowodowała, że cały jego trud spełzł na niczym z racji czego nikt nie słuchał jego krzyku o pomoc. Historia mojej Ojczyzny jest wręcz usiana podobnymi przejawami ogromnego męstwa i odwagi lecz w dobie dzisiejszych czasów nikogo już to nie obchodzi, a szkoda. Naród bez tożsamości, prawdy historycznej oraz pamięci o bohaterach dla których najważniejszym celem było dodro i wolność Ojczyzny traci tą iskrę która go identyfikuje i określa jego miejsce na Ziemii. Cześć i wieczna chwała bohaterom Rzeczypospolitej

[@franktuminski8460]

Thank you

[@pandanemi-0239]

One of the people that testified at the trial for Pilecki, was Jozef Cyrankiewicz, he himself a prisoner at Auschwitz. After he testified he wrote to the court that Pilecki should be treated "harshly, as an enemy of the state". Jozef was the Polish Prime Minister at the time, and continued to basically rule over Poland until the 1972 when he retired, dying in 1989 at the age of 77.

[@AmericansLearn]

Yikes

[@joshthomas-moore2656]

3:40 See even before he knew the truth that was still a brave thing to do, as they knew the people in the camp were disapearing, so he already knew he might never be heard from again.

[@EyeScreamPL]

Well... To... Witold Pilecki! It's time to find his RIP place and... ...bury him with respect with all honours! As a hero! No!, not "as a hero"! As a good, righteous man that such everyone should be!

[@maciejzbrowski]

so never tell Poles how to be them, cut off your hand sooner.

[@marcelmarceli8238]

4859 one of the first one.

[@oliversherman2414]

I actually think this story would do well as an HBO series. They did make Band of Brothers and The Pacific after all

[@Bishojo_Senshi_Sailor_Moon]

There will never be a worldwide movie or series about him or other Polish soldiers cause you would have to mention about the other nations and that would pain the Allies and German in a bad light, and no one wants to be reminded of not so laudable episodes in their history.

[@oliversherman2414]

@@Bishojo_Senshi_Sailor_Moon It's a shame that some countries won't admit that they've had shameful moments in their history

[@krzysztofkobron9702]

there will never be a film about Pilecki, because he was legally killed (for cooperation with the Germans, wow!) by judges (Jews from the USSR) in Poland

[@marcykoren2758]

I have to add that Kapos werent only German or Polish criminals they were Jews as well you can easliy spot the star of David attached to his clothing indicating he is Jewish.

[@JanKowalski-hq5mi]

My street is named after him.

[@melkor3496]

The part that really irks me is he fight against Nazi Germany and they did succeed eventually but since they also fight against the USSR since they were occupying rather than liberating Europe the now communist polish client state to the USSR even after all he had done betrayed him and he was killed by his own countrymen.

[@stanisawackiewicz7066]

He wasn't killed by his countrymen...too many jewish people were involved in Pilecki's death or actually murder ( Józef Różański - Goldberg, Henryk Podlaski- Hersch,Rubin Szwajg). This is why it is so difficult to make a film about Pilecki and his life.

[@jeykey7140]

8:52 good thing you didn't recognize what the workers were moving... few are ready to see and understand what they're looking at

[@csilli2008]

Mare OM! Păcat că prea puțini am aflat despre el. Polonezii ar trebui sa ceara macar la Netflix sa puna o subtitrare in toate limbile europene la filmul facut in 2015 dupa viata lui, care e vizibil doar pentru Polonia, si cu subtitrare doar in poloneza. Am vazut ca urmeaza sa mai apara tot pe Netflix un alt film facut anul acesta despre viata lui.

[@JanuszCega-es9hs]

Witold Pilecki 🇵🇱

[@elabarycka8367]

If Pilecki was Jewish, they would have made the movie a long time ago.

[@mik0969]

He had a wife and two kids

[@fenrisulfur842]

Salute Witold Pilecki!

[@MrsTreehouse]

The Pilecki family got a proposal from Hollywood to make a film about Witold, but on one condition that they would show him as a Jew. Pilecki's son said that this would never happen, his grandson upholds this decision.

[@franktuminski8460]

Holywood should be ashamed. What a disgrace !.

[@gug7187]

FOA thanks to Sabaton for reminding this hero. Maybe his story will help to understand what feels a Pole like me, when German politicians and journalists are trying to teach Poles about democracy and judiciary. When I hear all these lies about supposedly ultra nationalistic goverment in Poland, I feel sadness. I don't hate todays Germans, but building the future on lies and arogancy won't cause good results. :(

[@iwona3713]

Thank You ❤

[@OwoJawi]

My dear veteran. Read the memories of your soldiers who liberated the Baden-Baden and Dachau or Buchenwald concentration camps.

[@JanKowalski-hq5mi]

I will tattoo it. This number is glory. 4859

[@magorzatakurzyp-mt7zn]

Najgorsze jest to że o Witoldzie Pileckim dowiedziałam się dzięki sabaton.... u nas na historii Polski w szkole nie ma o nim mowa...

[@paulfisker]

You are right about Disney

[@EyeScreamPL]

"Człowiek, człowiekowi wilkiem". Nie od dziś. Od zarania wieków! And it's not a "excuse" - it's a statement! People should never, ever again let this things to happen again, but... They stilll are. In Chechenya. In Georgia. Ukraine. Former Yugoslavian countries at 90's. many, many places in the whole world! We (the so callled "human beings") still do this. We (so called "human beings") are worse than animals! But I do hope, people of good will are the most, major... I'd love to believe this.

[@mateszucs3343]

I am hungarian. I can say that was the reality for the middle european pepople in the VWII. I had a classmate in the school. His grand parents were hungarian jews. They met and fell in love in the concentration camp. So yes! There was romantic histories in the concentration camps but the "happy end" was very rare. There is a film based on a true story. Escaoe from sobibor. There was an extermination camp in the occupied Poland from 1942 to 1943. There was an uprising in 1943 when 300 jews and soviet war prisonres broke out successfully. There was a love stroy between a russian offcer and a female inmate. Both of them survived the war but never in their life met again.

[@annamucha1979]

Of course, love in Auschwitz is the best example, although not the only one, is the story of Mala Zimetbaum and Edek Galiński

[@mrlizardtx]

There is no reason to go in order. It makes more sense to follow the song reaction with the history reaction.

[@michaelginnis521]

you got my like for bashing Disney

[@MirosławWszołek-g3o]

Im greatful about even small note,

[@maciejbros1849]

IM STILL IN BLOODY BIG RED 1

[@agnieszkak.2550]

I saw that you took historical information about Poland, Poles and Pilecki's history very badly. That's why my comment may be important for you... my grandfather's friend had a tattoo with a number. With a number from Oświęcim. Some survived this hell and their memory lives on to this day. I hope this information gives you some relief.

[@inzyniermamon44]

Thx

[@rabarba6]

You don't fuck with officers of the Polish cavalry.

[@RogerNilsson-vh4gu]

Salute

[@dziadeekk]

Funny thing .. The Stalinist judge who issued the death sentence for Witold Pilecki was buried in the cemetery at Witold Pilecki Street

[@franktuminski8460]

Are you talking about Stefan Michnik who escaped to Sweden ?

[@mojespojrzenienaswiat3780]

Do you know why Hollywood isn't interested with Witold Pilecki? Cuz I know 😀

[@xnyarlx]

Pozdrawiam!

[@gancarzpl]

Germans were unable to crack the underground organization Pilecki established in the camp. Because of that, they decided to disperse the entire Polish population of Auschwitz camp in to many different concentration camps in Germany. This is when Pilecki decided to escape. In Germany, he wouldn't have a chance of escaping due to hostile local German population.

[@szuwi]

5.56 minutes Star of David in the coat Kapos were not Poles or Germans Kapos were Jews at the beginning, because the Jews had a deal with Hitler at the beginning of the war. then Hitler started murdering Jews when he killed most of the Polish elite. At that time, Jews went to the theater in the Warsaw Ghetto. read history, but not the one written by Germans or Jews, they do not tell the truth.

[@cetus4449]

20:50 But.... there was indeed an romance at Auschwitz. One Polish prisoner fell in love with a Polish-Jewish girl and organized their successful escape. The two survived the war and lived a long life.... unfortunately separated. 19:47 Hollywood wanted to make a movie about that story, but put a condition that they would portray Pilecki not as a Pole and Catholic, but as a Jew. Pilecki's son didn't agree to this false and the film was not made.

[@ShhImASpy]

There was a story about romance in concentration camp and it was big... Like bull balls big... But You need to investigate for Yourself. Hint: Two Poles - guy and a girl and they get off on foot.

[@joshmarteen6904]

Anather hero to get to know: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n327o4aod7mqf7csi=tBoRIN6vNsXpRu51 Franciszek Gajowniczek, saved by fatherKolbe survived and returned to his family. He died at the age of 94.

[@jameswnoroski7841]

“Frodo: 'It's a pity Bilbo didn't kill Gollum when he had the chance.' Gandalf: 'Pity? It's a pity that stayed Bilbo's hand. Many that live deserve death. Some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them, Frodo? Do not be too eager to deal out death in judgment. Even the very wise cannot see all ends.'" That's a sad true, some who deserve to live die too soon.

[@rawenragnars4631]

ogladasz ten film..słuchasz o historii pileckiego-i z twojej reakcji wnioskuję..że rozumiesz..rozumiesz jak to jest być polakiem..-nie takim z dyskoteki...szanuje takich jak ty..wiec gdy kiedys bedziesz w polsce-to bedziesz w moim domu..i twoim.

[@adriandomanski4296]

Napiszę tak przeraża mnie to że świat tym się interesuje ale mój naród ma to wymazane i nie pamięta 😢Polacy przecież to dzięki tym bohaterom możesz teraz spokojnie siedzieć na dupie CO Z WAMI POLSKA 🤮💪🇵🇱💪

[@krzysztofwandzioch4622]

We dont beg for freedom, we fight for it,c'on rusian

[@aguzi5646]

That is all wrong . Piecki's report reached USA's, they decided to decline it,. Breavest man ever alive, Imagine go to German Oświecim camp by choice . He did more, left with nothing, than killed 😢