Janina Prot's Accused At Auschwitz Concentration Camp

During December 27, 1940, Janina Prot was accused of hiding weapons in her tent at Auschwitz concentration camp. When Luna Kloetzel heard news that SS officers were going to check tents, she ran to the closest tent there is, hiding her knife in Prot’s tent, under mud and dirt.

When SS officers found the knife, Prot claimed that it wasn’t their before and pleaded for her life. Tears started streaming down Prot’s eyes telling the officers that she saw Kloetzel run out of work that day, but decided not to say anything. The SS officers later asked Kloetzel if it was true, but with guilt in her heart, she confessed, and was later hanged. When Prot was asked why she told the S.S officers about the crime, knowing what it would lead to, she responded,