New film to tell story of Nazi resistance hero Pileckin
A big-screen film is in the works that will tell the story of polish Nazi resistance leader Witold Pileckin. Pileckin, who was among the 2,000 Poles rounded up in Warsaw and sent to Auschwitz, became known by the name Tomasz Serafiński.
Pileckin was voluntarily captured and soon established an underground military cell in Auschwitz. He broke out of the camp more than 2 1/2 years later. He would write a report about the mass murder executed by the Nazi regime there and lobbied for the Allies to attack concentration camps and free prisoners.
The film will be a combined effort between U.S.-based Powder Hound Pictures and the Polish Film Institute. It will be produced by Jayne-Ann Tenggren, whose resume includes the Academy Award-winning military film “1917.”
As part of the Polish Resistance, Pilecki helped gather intelligence on the Germans and relayed information about Nazi atrocities to the Western Allies. It was part of that mission that led him to be voluntarily captured and sent to Auschwitz. While he was interned he watch the work camp for Polish political prisoners
