The man who smuggled himself into Auschwitz
 

A quite astonishing story from the darkest parts of the Second World War comes to light:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8382457.stm

IIRC, there was a Russian chap who did something similar and had a
hard time for it in Russia after the war.

Going to google the details...

I was close. He was Polish. Witold Pilecki.
Executed by the polish just after the way and recently given Poland's highest military honors.

He must have smuggled himself into Auschwitz III (Auschwitz-Monowitz), the slave labor camp, judging from his description, and was probably held in Auschwitz I. I don't think he could have got in to Auschwitz II (Auschwitz-Birkenau) or the death camp part of the complex, since they usually didn't let any prisoners out of there for I think obvious reasons.

A quite astonishing story.

He is extremely lucky to be around to tell of his experience.

You'd have to be nuts to smuggle yourself into a high security camp. Glad this bloke survived and can give us these types of stories and insights nearly 70 years later.

Wow, what a story. I wouldn't have wanted to go there for sure. It must have been horror beyond belief....