The Escape Artist

The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World

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April 1944. Nineteen-year-old Rudolf Vrba and fellow inmate Fred Wetzler became two of the very first Jews to successfully escape Auschwitz. Evading the thousands of SS men hunting them, Vrba and Wetzler made the perilous journey on foot across Nazi-occupied Poland.

Their mission: to reveal to the world the truth of the Holocaust.

Vrba's unique testimony would save some 200,000 lives.

But he kept on running - from his past, from his home country, his adopted country, even from his own name. Now, at last, Rudolf Vrba's heroism can be known.
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Publication Date:
09/06/2022
Authors:
Freedland, Jonathan
Year Published:
2022
Country of Publication:
United Kingdom
Format:
Hardback
Illustrations Note:
20 black & white photographs
ISBN:
9781529369045
Number of Pages:
400
Publisher:
John Murray Press
Language:
English
SKU:
9781529369045

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