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Freedland, Jonathan, 1967-
Subjects
Vrba, Rudolf.
Wetzler, Alfréd, 1918-1988.
Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
Nazi concentration camp inmates -- Biography.
Nazi concentration camp escapes -- Biography.
Holocaust survivors -- Biography.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
World War, 1939-1945.
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Freedland, Jonathan, 1967-
Vrba, Rudolf.
Wetzler, Alfréd, 1918-1988.
Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
Nazi concentration camp inmates -- Biography.
Nazi concentration camp escapes -- Biography.
Holocaust survivors -- Biography.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
World War, 1939-1945.
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The
escape
artist
: the
man
who
broke
out
of
Auschwitz
to
warn
the
world
/ Jonathan Freedland.
by
Freedland, Jonathan, 1967-
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2022.
Call #:
940.53185 F853e
Subjects
Vrba, Rudolf.
Wetzler, Alfréd, 1918-1988.
Auschwitz
(Concentration camp)
Nazi concentration camp inmates -- Biography.
Nazi concentration camp escapes -- Biography.
Holocaust survivors -- Biography.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
World
War, 1939-1945.
ISBN:
9780063112339 (hc.)
Edition:
1st U.S. ed.
Description:
x, 376 p. ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Notes:
"Originally published in Great Britain in 2022 by John Murray (Publishers), a Hachette UK company"--T. p. verso.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-359) and index.
Summary:
"In April 1944, Rudolf Vrba became the first Jew to break
out
of
Auschwitz
-- one of only four
who
ever pulled off that near-impossible feat. He did it to reveal the truth of the death camp to the
world
-- and to
warn
the last Jews of Europe what fate awaited them at the end of the railway line. Against all odds, he and his fellow escapee, Fred Wetzler, climbed mountains, crossed rivers and narrowly missed German bullets until they had smuggled
out
the first full account of
Auschwitz
the
world
had ever seen -- a forensically detailed report that would eventually reach Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and the Pope. And yet too few heeded the warning that Vrba -- then just nineteen years old -- had risked everything to deliver. Some could not believe it. Others thought it easier to keep quiet. Vrba helped save 200,000 Jewish lives--but he never stopped believing it could have been so many more. This is the story of a brilliant yet troubled man--a gifted "
escape
artist
"
who
even as a teenager understand that the difference between truth and lies can be the difference between life and death, a
man
who
deserves to take his place alongside Anne Frank, Oskar Schindler and Primo Levi as one of the handful of individuals whose stories define our understanding of the Holocaust."--From publisher.
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