TIL In WWII, a Polish soldier volunteered to be thrown in Auschwitz and escape to prove to the Allies that the Holocaust was real.

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Witold_Pilecki&redirect=no



Submitted February 03, 2015 at 06:22AM by khepri013 http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2ukymc/til_in_wwii_a_polish_soldier_volunteered_to_be/