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those who were victims. Numerically, everything speaks in favour of Jewish suffering. The majority of them died, and they were above all the "target" of the German Nazis. However, I am extremely irritated when we are marginalised, and people say that Poles are "accomplices to the Holocaust, period".

I disagree with such comments. We need to educate the West in this regard, but the question is, how can we do this effectively. All those the Germans succeeded in sending to this camp suffered inexpressibly. It would be a pity for us all to be divided today, when, in spite of everything, such suffering and memory should, in a way, unite us.

Do you have any message for the National Remembrance Day?

K.K.: I think that I would conclude by saying that I have this hope, which I derive from the fact that if only people want to, we can truly achieve a lot together. Let's cultivate this memory; let's try to interest people. Let's not yell at each other. Let's talk to each other.

Thank you

(The interview was conducted by Paweł Sawicki)

Krzysztof Kosior

Witold Pilecki with his wife Maria and his son Andrzej. Ostrów Mazowiecka 1933 (pilecki.ipn.gov.pl)