The Escape Artist
The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World
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The astonishing, forgotten story of the hero who escaped from Auschwitz to reveal the truth of the Holocaust. SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 WATERSTONES BOOK OF...
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The astonishing, forgotten story of the hero who escaped from Auschwitz to reveal the truth of the Holocaust. SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEARSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZELONGLISTED FOR THE 2022 WINGATE LITERARY PRIZETHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA 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.
Detaljer
Forlag
John Murray Publishers Ltd
ISBN
9781529369045
Sprog
Engelsk
Sider
400
Udgivelsesdato
09-06-2022
Format
Hardback
Varenr.
3071135
EAN nr.
9781529369045
Varegruppe
Engelsk non fiction div.
Højde/Dybde (mm)
240
Bredde (mm)
163
Længde (mm)
40
Vægt (g)
636