Did anyone ever escape Auschwitz?

When he was 10, Piechowski decided to join the scouts – an act that would alter his life for ever. ... read more

If someone did manage to escape, the SS would pick 10 people at random from the prisoner's block and starve them to death. The most spectacular escape from Auschwitz took place on June 20, 1942, when Ukrainian Eugeniusz Bendera and three Poles, Kazimierz Piechowski, Stanisław Gustaw Jaster and Józef Lempart made a daring escape. read more

Piechowski as an inmate at Auschwitz Yet he did not think of trying to escape until a friend's name appeared on a death list. Like many of the boy scouts in Auschwitz, Piechowski joined the resistance movement in the camp. read more

It was the difference between life and horrific certain death - a decision to use urine from latrine bucket as part of an escape plan, which helped save Leo Bretholz’s life. read more