KAZIMIERZ PIECHOWSKI , WITH OTHERS ESCAPED FROM AUSCHWITZ DEATH CAMP
KAZIMIERZ PIECHOWSKI , WITH OTHERS ESCAPED FROM AUSCHWITZ DEATH CAMP I escaped from Auschwitz Kazimierz Piechowski is one of just 144 prisoners to have broken out of the notorious Nazi camp and survive. Today aged 91, he tells his extraordinary story Kazimierz Piechowski, 2011 Kazimierz Piechowski in 2011. 'We just planned that I would play the role of an SS officer so well that the guards would believe me.' Photograph: Christian Sinibaldi for the Guardian View more sharing options On 20 June 1942, the SS guard stationed at the exit to Auschwitz was frightened. In front of him was the car of Rudolph Höss, the commandant of the infamous concentration camp. Inside were four armed SS men, one of whom – an Untersturmführer, or second lieutenant, was shouting and swearing at him. "Wake up, you buggers!" the officer screamed in German. "Open up or I'll open you up!" Terrified, the guard scrambled to raise the barrie...