The escape artist : the man who broke out of Auschwitz to warn the world
Freedland, John2022
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In April 1944 a teenager named Rudolf Vrba was planning a daring and unprecedented escape from Auschwitz. After hiding in a pile of timber planks for three days while 3,000 SS men and their bloodhounds searched for him, 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. A thrilling history with enormous historical implications, THE ESCAPE ARTIST is the extraordinary story of a complex man who would seek escape again and again: first from Auschwitz, then from his past, even from his own name. In telling his story, Jonathan Freedland - the journalist, broadcaster and acclaimed, multi-million copy selling author of the Sam Bourne novels - ensures that Rudolf Vrba's heroic mission will also escape oblivion.
Main title:
The escape artist : the man who broke out of Auschwitz to warn the world / John Freedland.
Author:
Freedland, John, author
Imprint:
London : John Murray (Publishers), 2022.©2022
Collation:
376 pages, ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
97815293690529781529369052978152936905297815293690529781529369052
Dewey class:
940.5318092994.05940.531
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
514932
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaumaris Library | Adult Non Fiction - History | 940.531 FRE | Available |
| Brighton Library | Adult Non Fiction - History | 940.531 FRE | Onloan - Due: 20 Sep 2024 |
| Sandringham Library | Adult Non Fiction - History | 940.531 FRE | Onloan - Due: 25 Sep 2024 |
| Sandringham Library | Non Fiction | 994.05 | On order |