In March 1943, together with three colleagues, he was parachuted into occupied Poland. In the summer of 1944, that is after Witold Pilecki’s escape, “Urban” was sent to the area near KL Auschwitz, where he made contact with the camp’s conspiratorial Auschwitz Military Council. Consequently, he gained detailed insights into the rules of operation of the camp, the habits of the guards and the status of the SS guard company.
Work carried out in liaison between him, and the Silesian District Command of the Home Army to release as many prisoners as possible was interrupted by a tragic event. At the end of September 1944, Second Lieutenant Jasieński was shot and arrested near the camp by a German military police patrol. He was imprisoned in Auschwitz and died in early January 1945 in unknown circumstances. The failure to mention these events by Fairweather would perhaps also be fascinating for readers of his book.
Furthermore, the author of “The Volunteer” failed to mention that Witold Pilecki’s escape from KL Auschwitz did not stop the activity of the military conspiracy, as shown by the event of 11 October 1943, when 54 prisoners were shot at the Execution Wall. Among them were the leaders of the of Military Organization Union: Lt Col Juliusz Gilewicz, Maj. Zygmunt Bohdanowski-Bończa, Lt Col Teofil Dziama, Jan Mosdorf, Capt. Tadeusz Paolone-Lisowski, and Lt Col Kazimierz Stamirowski. The prisoners were captured thanks to informers in the camp. After the execution, the activity of the Polish military conspiracy was seriously weakened, although it was continued by Bernard Świerczyna, Stanisław Kazuba and Henryk Bar-tosiewicz. They became part of the Auschwitz Military Council mentioned earlier, which was established in the camp in the summer of 1944 in connection with the arrival of the already mentioned 2nd Lt Stefan Jasieński near the camp. The officer, much like Pilecki, worked actively to undertake actions aimed at liberating prisoners, which, unfortunately, never materialised due to the disproportionate numerical and military advantage of the camp SS crew over the underground partisan units of the Silesia District of the Home Army.