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The prisoner defiantly stares down Heinrich Himmler, Hitler’s right-hand-man, who was responsible for the Holocaust. Greasley’s confrontation with Himmler took place during an inspection of the camp he was confined to. The inmates were ordered to remain seated, but Greasley refused. Horace Greasley also escaped the death camp, but sneaked back in to rescue a German woman whom he had fallen in love with.

this is amazing

Wait it gets better, he escaped from the camp 200 times to meet with the woman he was in love with and returned after every time because there was no other place to go to. He also wrote an autobiography omfg this dude is seriously awesome

The man in the photo isn’t actually Greasley, it’s of an un-named soviet POW. But the story of his escape is true. He escaped over 200 times to meet a German girl who he fell in love with and she gave him food/vegetables/meat and a radio for Greasley to bring back to the camp every time he returned. He then gave her his parent’s address so she could contact with him when the war was over, and after the war she eventually contacted him letting him know she was safe. Greasley got her a job with an American air-base in Germany after verifying she had helped the allied prisoners. However, letters from Rosa (the girl) stopped in December 1945 and she could not be reached. A year later, Greasley received a letter from a friend of Rosa, who informed him that Rosa had died with her newborn son, Jakub - Silesian for Jacob or Jim (Greasley’s first name during his time at war was Jim as he was renamed by a Corporal that didn’t want a soldier named Horace coming into his billet). Greasley did not know whether the child was his.
Such a chilling but incredible story

I admire him

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I love this so much

this my new favourite picture.

omfg i miss this show so much, there are rumours going round that there will be a Friends Reunion, this better be true

please let it be true.

aww love them

Omg this picture is perf

sorry to disappoint it’s not true

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Raise your hand if you know who this is