I carried out my orders until arrested. I had no sense that I was spying, and I ask that this be taken into account in deciding my verdict.
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Witold Pilecki, a Polish soldier, explains that he simply followed his orders without realizing he was spying. He wants the court to consider this when deciding his verdict, since he did not think of himself as a spy.
About Witold Pilecki
Witold Pilecki was a Polish World War II hero who volunteered to be captured by the Nazis and sent to Auschwitz in order to gather intelligence and organize resistance within the camp. He later escaped, fought in the Warsaw Uprising, and was executed by the communist authorities after the war for his anti-communist activities.
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