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  • Biography
  • 2022
  • First U.S. edition.

The escape artist

the man who broke out of Auschwitz to warn the world

Jonathan Freedland, (1967-)

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"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"--

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Title Statement The escape artist: the man who broke out of Auschwitz to warn the world / Jonathan Freedland.
Author Freedland, Jonathan, 1967-
Publication New York, NY: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers,[2022]℗♭2022
Edition First U.S. edition.
Extent of Item x, 376 pages, 8 pages of plates
ISBN 9780063112339 (hardcover)
Other Number pr06717373
General Notes "Originally published in Great Britain in 2022 by John Murray (Publishers), a Hachette UK Company"--Title page verso.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references 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"--
Subjects & Genres
By Topic Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Nazi concentration camp escapes--Poland
Nazi concentration camp inmates--Poland
By Name Vrba, Rudolf
Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
Wetzler, Alfr©♭d,1918-1988
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