It was the Summer of 1940 & underground operative, Witold Pilecki, has accepted a mission to uncover the fate of thousands of people...
But when discovering the terrifying Nazi plans, Witold is about to endure a battle over the next two & a half years as he smuggles evidence of Nazi atrocities out of Auschwitz.
Shaping the Allies response to the Holocaust, his story has often been forgotten.
.. . Until now.
The first account drawing on unpublished family papers, archival documents & exclusive interviews with resistance fighters, it is time to discover how this individual brought the fight to the Nazis at the heart of their evil designs.
A truly enthralling story of resistance & heroism & one mans attempt to change the course of history.
Gripping, revelatory, surreal
- Simon Sebag Montefiore.
Remarkable
- Peter Frankopan.
Product Information:
• ISBN: 9780753558003
• Author: Jack Fairweather
• Publisher: W T Allen
• Format: Hardback
• Pages: 505
• Dimensions: 24 x 16 x 4cm