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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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I Escaped from Auschwitz

Auteur(s): Rudolf Vrba, Alan Bestic, Sir Martin Gilbert - foreword, Robin Vrba - editor, Nikola Zimring - editor
Narrateur(s): 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.

©1964, 2020 Rudolf Vrba Archives, LLC (P)2020 Tantor Guerres et conflits Histoire Judaïsme Militaire Moderne XXe siècle Guerre Winston Churchill holocauste Impérialisme Survie
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It’s so insane to think these happenings were less than 100 years ago. My only hope is that people REALLY listen to his triumphant story of escape and pay attention so these happenings aren’t repeated.

Heart breaking

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We all know the numbers, but to hear them broken down to a monthly, weekly, daily, or even hourly count is beyond heartbreaking. The courage of Mr Vrba is unbelievable. His courage and intelligence play a huge role in the telling of his story.

The narrator made this story all too real. His cadence and diction were warm, careful and thoughtful in the delivery of the horrific facts.

This book is now a part of me, and I am grateful to Mr Vrba for allowing me to carry his story onto another generation.

Beyond heartbreaking and diabolical

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The first hand account of life in Auschwitz and the adding personalities and depth to the people see as black and white stills or statistics is what I found most amazing and depressing at the same time.
I’d highly recommend this one, but it is utterly heartbreaking and shocking - so be warned!

Side note: for the narration, and this may be more a personal preference, I didn’t like the - what felt at times to be over acting with the emotions. As a reader/listener I prefer to add my own emotion to the text

Truly shocking and amazing

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This book was a very in-depth and eye-opening reality check on what happened with the Nazi concentration camps in Auschwitz.

Very well told.

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I think we can all agree that the holocaust was an atrocity and the people responsible are most likely being tortured in hell as we speak.
It is important to hear about these accounts from survivors like the author, lest we ordinary people forget to treat all others as human beings.

Spoiler alert,, this book is kinda a bummer.

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