URI(s)
Identifies LC/NAF RWO
Identifies RWO
Birth Date
- 1919-10-03
Death Date
- 2017-12-15
Has Affiliation
- Organization: Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
Birth Place
- Rajkowy (Poland)
Associated Locale
- Gdańsk (Poland)
Associated Language
- Polish
Occupation
(lcsh) Concentration camp inmates
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Sources
- found: Piechowski, Kazimierz. Byłem numerem--, 2003:t.p. (Kazimierz Piechowski)
- found: Washington post WWW site, viewed Dec. 19, 2017(Kazimierz Piechowski, a teenage member of the Polish Boy Scouts who became one of the first prisoners at Auschwitz and went on to lead a daring escape from the Nazi death camp, died Dec. 15 [2017] in Gdansk, Poland; he was 98; born in the northern Polish village of Rajkowy on Oct. 3, 1919; when the communists consolidated power in Poland after the war, Mr. Piechowski was sentenced to 10 years in prison as an enemy of the state; released after seven years; later worked as an engineer in the Gdansk shipyard; spent years speaking with student groups and others about the Holocaust and his experiences at Auschwitz)
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Change Notes
- 2006-02-15: new
- 2017-12-19: revised
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