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The escape artist : the man who broke out of Auschwitz to warn the world / Jonathan Freedland.

Publication | Not Digitized | Library Call Number: D805.5.A96 F74 2022

Overview

Summary: Tells the incredible story of Rudolf Vrba, a brilliant, yet troubled young man who became the first Jew to break out of Auschwitz to reveal the truth of the death camp to the world.
Format: Book
Author/Creator: Freedland, Jonathan, 1967- author.
Published: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2022
Locale: Poland
Oświęcim
Slovakia
Edition: First U.S. edition
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-359) and index.

Physical Details

Language: English
ISBN: 9780063112339
0063112337
Physical Description: x, 376 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Keywords & Subjects

Subjects: Nazi concentration camp inmates--Poland--Oświęcim. Nazi concentration camp escapes--Poland--Oświęcim. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Jews--Slovakia--Biography. Biographies. Vrba, Rudolf. Auschwitz (Concentration camp)

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