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I Escaped from Auschwitz: The Shocking True Story of the World War II Hero Who Escaped the Nazis and Helped Save Over 200,000 Jews Paperback - 2020

by Rudolf Vrba; Robin Vrba (Editor); Nikola Zimring (Editor)

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The Stunning and Emotional Autobiography of an Auschwitz Survivor

April 7, 1944--This date marks the successful escape of two Slovak prisoners from one of the most heavily-guarded and notorious concentration camps of Nazi Germany. The escapees, Rudolf Vrba and Alfred Wetzler, fled over one hundred miles to be the first to give the graphic and detailed descriptions of the atrocities of Auschwitz.

Originally published in the early 1960s, I Escaped from Auschwitz is the striking autobiography of none other than Rudolf Vrba himself. Vrba details his life leading up to, during, and after his escape from his 21-month internment in Auschwitz. Vrba and Wetzler manage to evade Nazi authorities looking for them and make contact with the Jewish council in Zilina, Slovakia, informing them about the truth of the "unknown destination" of Jewish deportees all across Europe. This first-hand report alerted Western authorities, such as Pope Pius XII, Winston Churchill, and Franklin D. Roosevelt, to the reality of Nazi annihilation camps--information that until then had only been recognized as nasty rumors.

I Escaped from Auschwitz is a close-up look at the horror faced by the Jewish people in Auschwitz and across Europe during World War II. This newly edited translation of Vrba's memoir will leave readers reeling at the terrors faced by those during the Holocaust. Despite the profound emotions brought about by this narrative, readers will also find an astounding story of heroism and courage in the face of seemingly hopeless circumstances.

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  • Title I Escaped from Auschwitz: The Shocking True Story of the World War II Hero Who Escaped the Nazis and Helped Save Over 200,000 Jews
  • Author Rudolf Vrba; Robin Vrba (Editor); Nikola Zimring (Editor)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 480
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Racehorse
  • Publication date 2020-04-21
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Maps
  • ISBN 9781631584718 / 1631584715
  • Weight 1.25 lbs (0.57 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.9 x 5.9 x 1.3 in (22.61 x 14.99 x 3.30 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1940's
    • Ethnic Orientation: Jewish
    • Religious Orientation: Jewish
    • Topical: Holocaust
  • Category Biography / Autobiography
  • Library of Congress subjects Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

About the author

Rudolf Vrba was born in Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia) in 1924. As a teenager, he was deported to Auschwitz. He was interned there from April 1942 to June 1944, when he and fellow prisoner Alfred Wetzler escaped. He and Wetzler's report of the atrocities of Auschwitz alerted authorities across the world, eventually helping save hundreds of thousands of other Jewish people from being deported to the concentration camp. Vrba defected to Israel in 1958 and worked at the Weizmann Research Institute until in 1960 when he moved to England and published his story in a series of articles in the Daily Herald, following the arrest of Adolf Eichmann. He eventually published his full memoir in 1963 as I Cannot Forgive. In 1967, Vrba moved to Canada and passed away in Vancouver in 2006.
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