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  • Witold Pilecki’s official Auschwitz photo. “My number was 4859. The two thirteens (composed by the inner and outer digits) convinced my comrades that I would die; the numbers cheered me up.”
    Witold Pilecki’s official Auschwitz photo. “My number was 4859. The two thirteens (composed by the inner and outer digits) convinced my comrades that I would die; the numbers cheered me up.”
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    Undercover at Auschwitz

    World War II hero Witold Pilecki infiltrated the death camp and reported to the Polish high command

    byVladislav Davidzon
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