Moral Courage Inside Auschwitz
Moral courage can be defined as having the bravery to take action for moral reasons despite whatever the consequences might be. Witold Pilecki demonstrated an immense amount of moral courage during a short period of his life, as he voluntarily snuck himself into Auschwitz and lived in the camp for 2 years. As he spend his time suffering in a camp filled with death, disease, and despair, he relayed messages about the camp back to the Allies. Pilecki has greatly influenced today’s world, as he was the author of the first intelligence report on the camp. Without his actions, the Allies wouldn’t have had the information that they needed in order to liberate the camps and who knows where we would be today.
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The article, “Witold Pilecki”, which can be found in the Encyclopedia of World Biography, says, “The reports eventually made their way to officials of the Polish government in exile in London, who passed the information to Allied forces”. Knowing this information proves how much Pilecki helped in the liberation of the concentration camps. Due to his courage, information about Auschwitz and the Nazi’s were able to reach the Allied forces, eventually aiding in the liberation of the prisoners, and ultimately helping end the war. He had to put in a lot of hard work in order to get the intel from the camps, to the Allies. Without his efforts, would the concentration camps have been …show more content…
Throughout a short period of Witold's life, he took it upon himself to discover the conditions of the concentration camps, smuggled intel about the camps to the Allies, and planned a successful escape back to the military. Witold’s courage made it possible for information about Auschwitz and the Nazi’s to reach the Allied forces, eventually aiding in the liberation of the prisoners and ultimately helping end the
Moral courage can be defined as having the bravery to take action for moral reasons despite whatever the consequences might be. Witold Pilecki demonstrated an immense amount of moral courage during a short period of his life, as he voluntarily snuck himself into Auschwitz and lived in the camp for 2 years. As he spend his time suffering in a camp filled with death, disease, and despair, he relayed messages about the camp back to the Allies. Pilecki has greatly influenced today’s world, as he was the author of the first intelligence report on the camp. Without his actions, the Allies wouldn’t have had the information that they needed in order to liberate the camps and who knows where we would be today.
During WWII …show more content…
The article, “Witold Pilecki”, which can be found in the Encyclopedia of World Biography, says, “The reports eventually made their way to officials of the Polish government in exile in London, who passed the information to Allied forces”. Knowing this information proves how much Pilecki helped in the liberation of the concentration camps. Due to his courage, information about Auschwitz and the Nazi’s were able to reach the Allied forces, eventually aiding in the liberation of the prisoners, and ultimately helping end the war. He had to put in a lot of hard work in order to get the intel from the camps, to the Allies. Without his efforts, would the concentration camps have been …show more content…
Throughout a short period of Witold's life, he took it upon himself to discover the conditions of the concentration camps, smuggled intel about the camps to the Allies, and planned a successful escape back to the military. Witold’s courage made it possible for information about Auschwitz and the Nazi’s to reach the Allied forces, eventually aiding in the liberation of the prisoners and ultimately helping end the