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
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Steven Jay Cohen
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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 100 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.
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- llywi
- 08-01-25
Incredible story of immense bravery
Everyone should know this story, shocking details of what happened in Aushwitz and how brave people fought back.
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- Matt Bazeley
- 17-07-24
Incredible heart breaking
One of the single most important books I’ve ever listened to. A chilling and heartbreaking account of one boy’s struggle to survive the worst massive murder ever committed. The graphic detail of the account left me dumbfounded and emotionally spent. I normally listen on the go to my audiobooks but this demanded my full attention from start to finish. The performance was incredible bringing the sorrow and terror to life.
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- PaulC6230
- 06-12-20
Amazing Audiobook
I absolutely loved this audiobook though it is a sad story of the author being in the concentration camps. It's amazing how lucky he was during his time in them and how he managed to stay alive. I'd highly recommend listening to the sample twice before buying this audiobook as the narrator is a bit hit and miss...took me a while to get into the narration plus I had to speed it up to 1.6x speed as I was reading the book while listening to this. Overall I'd recommend this for anyone interested in the history of the holocaust and how people died, survived in the worst atrocity known.
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- Kerry Lynas
- 14-01-25
The horror.
It's hard understand that this could happen to innocent people on such a scale in so short a time. Horrific. It has bravery , humour and love.
His story is told with with emotional honesty and dignity . A shameful chapter in the the 20th century.Lets hope we can learn and make a better future.
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- Umer ismail
- 10-12-23
Eye opening account about the Nazi final solution
This is an exceptional account by a brave soul who survived auschwitz mostly because of chance and luck yet put his life on line to ensure that world knew the truth about Nazi final solution. In some aspects the book is controversial about some factions of Jews who saved themselves and let hundreds of thousands poor Hungarian jews swallowed up by the Auschwitz ovens.
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- Kindle Customer
- 18-01-23
excellent listen
An excellent listen from an unusual point of view of someone who escaped Auschwitz
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- Stella Marys
- 04-11-24
Streaks of luck
I totally understand the people that doubted the holocaust. This story is absolutely INSANE, completely unbelievable. The amount of luck he had to get to point of escaping is crazy. Of course he wasn’t all that lucky, otherwise he wouldn’t have gone to so many concentration camps, but the fact that he knew the right people at the right time every time is astounding. This is insane.
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- Kindle Customer
- 05-01-22
Interesting Account of a tragic occasion
An excellent book, detailed information about the strive for freedom of a brave man. Had a little trouble with names.
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- Nic
- 04-09-24
Well worth listening to
A gripping and sorrowing account of time spent in hell. Unbelievable to have survived such an ordeal for so long.
Shocking but also really insightful
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- Anonymous User
- 27-12-24
Factual accounts
Great read and a real insight into the genocide. Unfortunately we see the same kind of atrocities today in Gazza.
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