Pilecki Institute Inaugurates NYC Branch
This weekend the Pilecki Institute will inaugurate its new New York City branch, located at 92 Greenwich Street. The public is welcome to attend the…
March 13, 2026
Auschwitz Volunteer
Posts related to our book “The Auschwitz Volunteer: Beyond Bravery” or its author Witold Pilecki.
September 19, 1940 – Witold Pilecki Begins His Undercover Mission at Auschwitz
Polish Army officer Captain Witold Pilecki volunteered for an almost certainly suicidal undercover mission for the Polish Underground: get himself arrested by the Germans and…
September 19, 2024
May 13, 1901 – Polish Hero Witold Pilecki Born
Polish hero Witold Pilecki was born on May 13, 1901 into a patriotic Polish family in Olonets, a small town in Karelia near the Finnish…
May 13, 2024
“Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away” – Exhibition Opens in Boston
The “Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away” exhibition, which opened in Boston last week, serves as a poignant reminder of one of the darkest…
March 20, 2024
Zofia Pilecka – Interview
Zofia Pilecki Optułowicz, the daughter of Polish World War II hero Witold Pilecki, author of our book The Auschwitz Volunteer, turned 91 on March 14,…
March 15, 2024
Pilecki Institute Opens First US Location
The Pilecki Institute, based in Warsaw with outposts in Augustów, Poland, and in Berlin, recently signed a 15-year lease for 35,000 square feet at 88…
February 12, 2024
International Holocaust Remembrance Day
January 27 was designated as International Holocaust Remembrance Day by the UN General Assembly in 2005. That date marks the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau on January…
January 27, 2024
Christmas Under German Occupation – Witold Pilecki: Part 3
Continuing our series of blog posts about Christmas under German occupation— This is the third and final part of Pilecki’s descriptions of Christmas at Auschwitz.…
December 21, 2023
Christmas Under German Occupation – Witold Pilecki: Part 2
Continuing our series of blog posts about Christmas under German occupation— This is the second part of Pilecki’s descriptions of Christmas at Auschwitz. In September…
December 21, 2023
Christmas Under German Occupation – Witold Pilecki: Part 1
Continuing our series of blog posts about Christmas under German occupation— In September 1940, Polish Army officer Witold Pilecki walked into a German street round-up…
December 20, 2023
