The Escape Artist
The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World
Editorial John Murray
Fecha de edición mayo 2023 · Edición nº 1
Idioma inglés
EAN 9781529369069
416 páginas
Libro
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Resumen del libro
THE INSTANT SUNDAY SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE The Sunday Times Bestseller '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 Anne Frank. Primo Levi. Oskar Schindler . . . Rudolf Vrba. In April 1944 nineteen-year-old Rudolf Vrba and fellow inmate Fred Wetzler became the first Jews ever to break out of Auschwitz. Under electrified fences and past armed watchtowers, evading thousands of SS men and slavering dogs, they trekked across marshlands, mountains and rivers to freedom. Vrba's mission: to reveal to the world the truth of the Holocaust. In the death fac
