escape artist: the man who broke out of Auschwitz to warn the world
TitleThe escape artist: the man who broke out of Auschwitz to warn the world
Author
Call number940.5318092/0605
Object number11506
Place of publicationLondon, England
PublisherJohn Murray
Year of publication
2022
Physical descriptionxii,376p.,index,bibliography
MaterialBook
ISBN9781529369052
Description
Describes Rudolf Vrba's ( formerly known as Walter Rosenberg) unprecedented escape from Auschwitz. Vrba and his fellow escapee Fred Wetzler would eventually cross Nazi-occupied Poland on foot, as penniless fugitives. Their mission: to tell the world the truth of the Final Solution.
Vrba would produce from memory a breathtaking report of more than thirty pages revealing the true nature and scale of Auschwitz - a report that would find its way to Roosevelt, Churchill and the Pope, eventually saving over 200,000 Jewish lives.