The Escape Artist
The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World
By Jonathan Freedland
Harry Hartog's review
The Escape Artist tells the story of Rudolf Vrba, who at 19years old along with Alfréd Wetzler were the first Jewish escapees of Auschwitz. From the brutal details of life in the camps to the infuriating inaction of allied powers this book is a detailed account of life as a Jewish prisoner in Eastern Europe during the Second World War. - Elijah, Harry Hartog Burnside
Description
THE NEW BOOK THE TRAITORS CIRCLE COMING SOON FROM JONATHAN FREEDLAND
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE, RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE, WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR AND LONGLISTED FOR THE WINGATE LITERARY PRIZE
A MAIL ON SUNDAY, THE TIMES, THE ECONOMIST, GUARDIAN, THE SPECTATOR, TIME, AND DAILY EXPRESS/DAILY MIRROR BOOK OF THE YEAR
'Thrilling' Daily Mail
'Gripping' Guardian
'Heartwrenching' Yuval Noah Harari
'Magnificent' Philip Pullman
'Excellent' Sunday Times
'Inspiring' Daily Mail
'An immediate classic' Antony Beevor
'Awe-inspiring' Simon Sebag Montefiore
'Shattering' Simon Schama
'Utterly compelling' Philippe Sands
'A must-read' Emily Maitlis
'Indispensable' Howard Jacobson
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.
- ISBN:
- 9781529369069
- Format:
- Paperback
- Pages:
- 416
- Published:
- Publisher:
- John Murray Press
- Imprint:
- John Murray Publishers Ltd
- Weight:
- 345 g