Kazimierz Piechowski

Kazimierz Piechowski
A booking photograph of Piechowski at Auschwitz concentration camp
Born(1919-10-03)3 October 1919
Rajkowy, Kociewie, Second Polish Republic
Died15 December 2017(2017-12-15) (aged 98)
Gdańsk, Poland
Known forEscape from Auschwitz

Kazimierz Piechowski (pronounced [kaˈʑimjɛʂ pjɛˈxɔfskʲi]; 3 October 1919 – 15 December 2017) was a Polish engineer, and 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.

He is best known for his escape from Auschwitz, along with three other prisoners.

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