Kazimierz Piechowski
Polish engineer, political prisoner, and Holocaust survivor (1919–2017) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kazimierz Piechowski (pronounced [kaˈʑimjɛʂ pjɛˈxɔfskʲi]; 3 October 1919 – 15 December 2017)[1] was a Polish engineer, Boy Scout during the Second Polish Republic, and political prisoner of the Nazis held at Auschwitz concentration camp. He was a soldier of the Polish Home Army (Armia Krajowa), and again became a political prisoner under the post-war communist government of Poland for seven years.[2]
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He is best known for his escape from Auschwitz, along with three other prisoners.[3]