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The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World
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Author:
Jonathan Freedland
Publisher:
Harper
Date:
October 18, 2022
In April 1944, Rudolf Vrba became the first Jew to break out of Auschwitzâone of only four who ever pulled off that near-impossible feat. He did it to reveal the truth of the death camp to the worldâand to warn the last Jews of Europe what fate awaited them at the end of the railway line. And yet too few heeded the warning that Vrba had risked everything to deliver.
What The Reviewers Say
Raw and gripping.
Riveting.
Compelling.
Freedland’s superb writing simultaneously explores these questions and fills the reader with rage, despair, and admiration for the stubborn resistance of the human spirit. It is heart-wrenching to read the story.
