Presidential Election in Poland

The March for a rittmeister Witold Pilecki in Krakow's city center. Witold Pilecki was a Polish soldier, a rittmeister of the Polish Cavalry during the Second Polish Republic, the founder of the Secret Polish Army (Tajna Armia Polska) resistance group in German-occupied Poland in November 1939, and a member of the underground Home Army (Armia Krajowa), which was formed in February 1942. As the author of Witold's Report, the first intelligence report on Auschwitz concentration camp, Pilecki enabled the Polish government-in-exile to convince the Allies that the Holocaust was taking place. was executed in 1948 by the Stalinist secret police Urząd Bezpieczeństwa on charges of working for "foreign imperialism", thought to be a euphemism for MI6. Krakow, Poland, on May 23, 2015. (Photo by Artur Widak) (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto)

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Photo Details

Photo ID	#604820
Date Taken	23 May 2015
Location	N/A
Photographer	Artur Widak/NurPhoto
Category	Politics
Copyright	© 2025 NurPhoto - Artur Widak/NurPhoto

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