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Pre WW2 skier Bronislaw Czech
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I just saw a TV programme about Auschwitz that mentioned pre WW2 Polish skier Bronislaw Czech, someone who up till now I wasn't aware of. A Polish sportsman and artist he was a gifted skier, he won championships of Poland 24 times in various skiing disciplines, including Alpine skiing, Nordic skiing and ski jumping. A member of the Polish national team at three consecutive Winter Olympics, he was also a mountain climber and one of the pioneers of mountain rescue in the Tatra Mountains and a glider instructor. During the Second World War he was a soldier of Polish Underground (Home Army) and courier from occupied Poland to the West. Arrested in 1940 and imprisoned at Auschwitz concentration camp, he was given an offer by the Nazis to train German sportsmen in exchange for his release. Bronisław Czech firmly rejected the offer, and he later died at Auschwitz camp on June 5, 1944.
http://archiwalna.muzeumtatrzanskie.pl/?strona,doc,pol,glowna,1426,0,262,1,1426,ant.html
If he had accepted the offer to train Germans in skiing he would have had a much better existence and a better chance of surviving the war, however his moral stance would not let him accept the tempting offer. One has to admire his moral courage, I'm not sure how many others in his situation would have done the same.
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