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Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First U.S. edition
Physical Desc
x, 376 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In April 1944, Rudolf Vrba became the first Jew to break out of Auschwitz--one of only four who ever pulled off that near-impossible feat. He did it to reveal the truth of the death camp to the world--and to warn the last Jews of Europe what fate awaited them at the end of the railway line. Against all odds, he and his fellow escapee, Fred Wetzler, climbed mountains, crossed rivers and narrowly missed German bullets until they had smuggled out the...