Extraordinary People from Oświęcim - How They Aided Auschwitz Prisoners

This is a film about how the residents of the land of Oświęcim rescued Auschwitz prisoners. Oświęcim is a town in southern Poland, situated some 50 kilometres west of Kraków. Outside Poland, it is sometimes still called Auschwitz, its German name, in reference to the Auschwitz concentration camp built there by Nazi Germany during World War II. Auschwitz Museum historians have managed to establish the names of over 1,200 Poles from Oświęcim and the vicinity who aided prisoners. The Germans arrested at least 177 people in revenge. Sixty-two of them perished in Auschwitz and other concentration camps. One of the newest Museum publications is devoted to the memory of these people who helped prisoners.