Just finished reading, The Auschwitz Volunteer: Beyond Bravery.

It's a book containing the report of the only man who volunteered to be purposely captured and incarcerated in the camp, on a mission to bring out the story of what was going on in there.

Captain Witold Pilecki (VEE-TOLD, PEE-LETS-SKI).

He was a P.O.W, so he wasn't taken there for outright extermination. However, as one could imagine, it wasn't a fun time, witnessing the murder and brutality of his comrades and innocent civilians on a daily basis for around 3 years. As well as the personal battle to survive.

I only found out about the captains existence recently, and I think his remarkable story of intelligence gathering followed by escape from the dreaded Auschwitz is one small ray of light in a predominantly dark period of history.