Recently this summer, a mass grave had been discovered in Poland that contained more then 100 skeletons, mainly men, who were resistance fighters. It has been six decades but hopes remain high to find the remains of Witold Pilecki.
Millions of European Jews were forcibly put into concentration camps. However, Pilecki infiltrated Auschwitz on his own accord in order to smuggle out news of the atrocities being committed. For three years, he managed to sneak out thin slips of paper to the outside world while surviving hard labor, beatings, the cold, and typhoid fever. In April 1943, Pilecki escaped and sent off three more detailed reports. Unfortunately, Pilecki was arrested by the communist regime, imposed on Poland after the war, and falsely accused of planning to assassinate dignitaries. He found communist prison more difficult to endure than Auschwitz because of torture. His cause of death was a bullet to the head and he was thrown into a mass grave.
What I find extraordinary about this news is that it has been nearly 70 years since the end of WWII and new information on the people involved and the events that had occurred continues to be discovered. However, I believe that it is important to identity these people who had scarified their lives and to not forget the brave actions they underwent.
http://news.yahoo.com/poland-hopes-identify-remains-auschwitz-hero-095939471.html
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