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Antoni Gościński

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Antoni Gościński OBE[1] (4 January 1909 in Poznań – 12 December 1986 in Belize[2]) was a Polish medic. During the World War II he was arrested by the Germans in the course of the AB Action and imprisoned in Dachau concentration camp and later in Gusen I concentration camp (Mauthausen).[2] There he became one of the leading doctors in the revier and a member of the inmates' underground trying to help the sick and wounded prisoners.[3] He also documented German war crimes committed in the camp.

Dr. Goscinski testifying at the trial of 61 former camp personnel and prisoners from Mauthausen.

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