On This Day: 4 inmates escape Auschwitz dressed as SS officers 81 years ago
The escape was led by Kazimierz Piechowski, a non-Jewish political prisoner in the camp. It saw the inmates bring back the first detailed account of the horrors of the Holocaust at Auschwitz.
Kazimierz Piechowski, the Auschwitz inmate who led a daring escape mission.(photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)ByAARON REICHUpdated: