Wiesław Kielar
Wiesław Kielar (born August 12, 1919 in Przeworsk ; † June 1, 1990 ) was a Polish prisoner of the Auschwitz concentration camp .
Kielar was arrested at the beginning of May 1940 and brought from Tarnów to Auschwitz in mid-July 1940 as one of the first 728 prisoners (prisoner number 290). He was imprisoned there for almost five years and was employed as a nurse, corpse bearer, clerk and plumber. At the end of October 1944 he was transferred to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp .
In 1972 he published his memoir under the title Anus Mundi , in which he describes his imprisonment in detail.
literature
- Ernst Klee : Auschwitz. Perpetrators, accomplices, victims and what became of them. A dictionary of persons . S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2013, ISBN 978-3-10-039333-3 .
Web links
- DER SPIEGEL 6/1979: Nobody can get out of here - Auschwitz extermination camp: Inmate No. 290, Wieslaw Kielar, reports
- Literature by and about Wiesław Kielar in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kielar, Wiesław |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish prisoner in Auschwitz concentration camp |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 12, 1919 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Przeworsk |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 1, 1990 |