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"He remained loyal to the London-based Polish government-in-exile after the communist takeover of Poland and was arrested in 1947 by the secret police on charge
by isolli 7y ago
"He remained loyal to the London-based Polish government-in-exile after the communist takeover of Poland and was arrested in 1947 by the secret police on charges of working for "foreign imperialism". Pilecki was executed after a show trial in 1948."
Incredibly sad, and probably typical of how communist regimes dealt with resistance heroes after the war. See František Fajtl [0] for instance.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franti%C5%A1ek_Fajtl#Persecution_(1948%E2%80%931989) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franti%C5%A1ek_Fajtl#Persecuti...
- arethuza 7y agoPilecki after the announcement of his death sentence: "I've been trying to live my life so that in the hour of my death I would rather feel joy, than fear." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witold_Pilecki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witold_Pilecki
- msadowski 7y agoWhat's even more sad is that he was horribly tortured while in prison.
- pastor_elm 7y agoHe was essentially abandoned and ignored by even the non-communist Allies.