Auschwitz.Survived 5 German Death Camps
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Uploaded by Maczekgeneral on Jul 10, 2008
Jan Komski(1915-2002) a Polish Christian, was among the first prisoner transport to arrive in Auschwitz German Camp.
Number in Auschwitz German Camp: 564 ! He managed to escape and was later captured under different name and sent back to the camp. As an artist and graduate of the Krakow Fine Arts Academy, he sketched and painted scenes from everyday life in the German concentration camps. He survived Auschwitz, Buchenwald, Gross-Rosen, Sachsenhausen, and Dachau German death camps. 5 German death camps.
On June 14, 1940, Mr. Komski was in the first group of about 750 prisoners assigned to Auschwitz, in German occupied Poland, on the day it opened. His number, 564, was tattooed on his forearm. On April 29, 1945, he was in the Dachau concentration camp in Germany. Camp was liberated by the U.S. Army.
"Then I see first one American, and then a second and a third. Within half an hour, the whole camp was decorated with flags of all nations, probably sewn together and hidden for a long time"
General Patton's boys liberated that camp.
After the war Jan Komski emigrated to the USA and worked for the Washington Post as an illustrator.
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Great job on surviving. I bet all of them wanted to beat in the germans faces!
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Horrific pictures vividly painted.
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Amazing story. Reminds me the escape of Mr. Kazimierz Piechowski and his friends who were dressed as the SS members too.
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from a jew?
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He got so lucky
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Truely amazing story - survival of the fittest
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Komski Jan survived Auschwitz, Buchenwald, Gross-Rosen, Sachsenhausen, Dachau German death camps. 5 German death camps. He was an artist. After the war Komski worked for the Washington Post as an illustrator in the USA. See too: Witold Pilecki Volunteer for Auschwitz as victim, prisoner! One of the World! Much more than Hollywood! Rambo is piece a cake. It's True. Heroes of the world. Braveheart. See: google, you tube
mikinomiki 3 years ago 8
Poland has so many heroes from that era.........a fascinating story, a fantastic history through the ages.
SillyGrandpa 2 years ago 4