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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
- Narrated by: Steven Jay Cohen
- Length: 17 hrs and 10 mins
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I Escaped from Auschwitz
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Publisher's Summary
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.
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- adam
- 21-09-2021
Above average
Story is good but could have been written a bit better and the narrator delivered this slow and not enthusiastic at the times where it should have been. Story could have been relayed better. But good story.
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- Anonymous User
- 25-03-2024
Amazing story and perfect narrator
Truely incredible book, the narrator does an amazing job. Very good read, definitely recommend a listen
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- Amazon Customer
- 02-02-2023
Unbelievable
It was an unbelievable story as to what one group of people can do to others Made feeling sad and emotional during the story. Think the narrator was only ok.
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- Anonymous User
- 10-01-2024
Amazing and shocking survival story
We’ve all read similar shocking stories about the holocaust but this one paints it from a slightly different perspective
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- Anonymous User
- 22-08-2023
Incredible
This shows what happens when people with mad and twisted ideas are allowed to flourish
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- MsBekah
- 28-01-2024
Is this a movie?
This story should be made into a movie if it hasn't already. I was hooked. I am intrigued by all of these different stories by different survivors. Absolutely incredible humans.
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- Nicholas P.
- 11-05-2023
Great but low volume
Turn up the volume! Difficult to hear this low output volume. I found it very difficult to hear on public transport.
An intriguing history of these strong survivors in such horrific times.
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- Anonymous User
- 21-08-2023
A must read
This is the most detailed account that I have known. It gave me an insight to the abhorrent murderous daily working of a concentration camp. Everyone throughout the generations should be educated about what happened. I found the narrator’s voice very calming and precise which allowed me my own emotions.
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