Quo Fuit places 7 dated presences for Witold Pilecki across 6 places, from 1901 to 1945.
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Witold Pilecki (13 May 1901 to 25 May 1948), known by the codenames Roman Jezierski, Tomasz Serafiński, Druh and Witold, was a Polish World War II cavalry officer, intelligence agent, and resistance leader.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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13 May 1901exact date
Russian Empireattested“Witold Pilecki was born on 13 May 1901 in the town of Olonets, Karelia, in the Russian Empire.”source: Wikipedia: Witold Pilecki
1910year
Olonetsattested“In 1910, Witold moved with his mother and siblings to Vilnius, to attend a Polish school there, while his father remained in Olonets.”source: Wikipedia: Witold Pilecki
1910year
Vilniusattested“In 1910, Witold moved with his mother and siblings to Vilnius, to attend a Polish school there, while his father remained in Olonets.”source: Wikipedia: Witold Pilecki
1924year
Stefan Batory Universityattested“He briefly enrolled with the Faculty of Fine Arts at Stefan Batory University but was forced to abandon his studies in 1924 due to both financial issues and the declining health of his father.”source: Wikipedia: Witold Pilecki
9 November 1939exact date
Warsawattested“On 9 November 1939 in Warsaw, Major Włodarkiewicz, Second Lieutenant Pilecki, Second Lieutenant Jerzy Maringe, Jerzy Skoczyński, and brothers Jan and Stanisław Dangel founded the Secret Polish Army (', TAP), one of the first underground…”source: Wikipedia: Witold Pilecki
9 November 1939exact date
Polandattested“On 9 November 1939 in Warsaw, Major Włodarkiewicz, Second Lieutenant Pilecki, Second Lieutenant Jerzy Maringe, Jerzy Skoczyński, and brothers Jan and Stanisław Dangel founded the Secret Polish Army (', TAP), one of the first underground…”source: Wikipedia: Witold Pilecki
October 1945month
Polandattested“In October 1945, as relations between the government-in-exile and the Soviet-backed regime of Bolesław Bierut kept deteriorating, Pilecki was ordered by Anders and his intelligence chief, Lieutenant Colonel Stanisław Kijak, to return to…”source: Wikipedia: Witold Pilecki
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1918year
Vilniusmentioned“In 1918, following the outbreak of the Russian Revolution and the defeat of the Central Powers in World War I, Pilecki returned to Vilnius, then outside the control of the Polish government, and joined the ZHP section of the Self-Defence…”source: Wikipedia: Witold Pilecki
1919 to 1920period
Vilnamentioned“He fought in the Polish–Soviet War of 1919–1920, serving under Captain Jerzy Dąbrowski and being involved in the Vilna offensive.”source: Wikipedia: Witold Pilecki
1920year
Kievmentioned“He fought in the Kiev offensive (1920) and as part of a cavalry unit defending the then-Polish city of Grodno.”source: Wikipedia: Witold Pilecki
5 August 1920exact date
Rūdninkai Forestmentioned“On 5 August 1920, Pilecki joined the and fought in the crucial Battle of Warsaw and then in the Rūdninkai Forest.”source: Wikipedia: Witold Pilecki
September 1926month
Lida Districtmentioned“Also in September 1926, Pilecki became the owner of his family's ancestral estate, Sukurcze, in the Lida District of the Nowogródek Voivodeship.”source: Wikipedia: Witold Pilecki
22 September 1940exact date
Auschwitzmentioned“Afterward, along with 1,705 other prisoners, between 21 and 22 September 1940, Pilecki reached Auschwitz where, under Serafiński's name, he was assigned prisoner number 4859.”source: Wikipedia: Witold Pilecki
1941year
Warsawmentioned“In autumn of 1941 he learnt that he had been promoted to porucznik (first lieutenant) by people "far away in the outside world in Warsaw".”source: Wikipedia: Witold Pilecki
June 1943month
Nowy Wiśniczmentioned“In June 1943, in Nowy Wiśnicz, Pilecki drafted a report on the situation in Auschwitz.”source: Wikipedia: Witold Pilecki
June 1943month
Auschwitzmentioned“In June 1943, in Nowy Wiśnicz, Pilecki drafted a report on the situation in Auschwitz.”source: Wikipedia: Witold Pilecki
August 1943month
Warsawmentioned“In August 1943, back in Warsaw, Pilecki started preparing Witold's Report (Raport W), which focused on the Auschwitz underground.”source: Wikipedia: Witold Pilecki
29 April 1945exact date
Oflag VII-A Murnaumentioned“He was sent to Oflag VII-A, a prison-of-war camp for Polish officers located north of Murnau, Bavaria, where he remained until the prisoners were liberated on 29 April 1945.”source: Wikipedia: Witold Pilecki
July 1945month
Anconamentioned“In July 1945, Pilecki joined the military intelligence division of the Polish II Corps under Lieutenant General Władysław Anders in Ancona, Italy.”source: Wikipedia: Witold Pilecki
December 1945month
Warsawmentioned“By December 1945 he had arrived in Warsaw and begun organizing an intelligence gathering network.”source: Wikipedia: Witold Pilecki
25 May 1948exact date
Mokotów Prisonmentioned“Subsequently, on 25 May 1948, Pilecki was executed by Piotr Śmietański with a shot to the back of the head at the Mokotów Prison in Warsaw.”source: Wikipedia: Witold Pilecki
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