Witold Pilecki

Witold Pilecki was not Jewish. In fact, he was a devout Catholic, which, for the purposes of this website, means his Jew Score starts with a solid pair of zeroes. He's the kind of guy who makes you wonder if there's an equivalent Polish site scoring people on their "Polack Power."

However, Pilecki did something so outrageously heroic, so profoundly kvell-worthy, that it almost makes us forget his distinct lack of Jewishness. In 1940, he volunteered to be captured by the Nazis and sent to Auschwitz, with the express purpose of gathering intelligence and organizing a resistance movement from within.

For two and a half years, Pilecki was a living, breathing oxymoron: a prisoner of war who chose his captivity. He sent out detailed reports on the camp's atrocities, including the gas chambers, reports that were largely dismissed by the Allies as unbelievable. After escaping, he continued to fight in the Warsaw Uprising. His post-war fate? Executed by the communist Polish government for being a "Western spy." Because when you've been a hero in one war, why not get punished for it in the next?