"Witold Pilecki repeatedly warned the world about the Holocaust at a time when millions of future German victims were still alive and could have been saved. The world chose to ignore it," said Jack Fairweather, author of "The Volunteer", translated into 26 languages. Captain Pilecki deliberately allowed himself to be arrested by German police on 19 September 1940. He was the only man to voluntarily enter the German camp at Auschwitz, where he gathered intelligence, organised resistance, and reported on the atrocities taking place there. His bravery defies description. In April 1943, Pilecki escaped from Auschwitz and rejoined the Home Army (AK). Five years later, he was captured by the communists, tortured, falsely accused of espionage, and murdered [*]

Today, we pay tribute to Krystyna Skarbek, a woman of extraordinary courage and determination who played a pivotal role during WWII as a Polish patriot and a British SOE agent serving in Winston Churchill’s intelligence operations. Her invaluable contributions to the Allied war effort remain unforgettable. Tragically, she was murdered on 15 June 1952 in London.