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

By: Rudolf Vrba, Alan Bestic, Sir Martin Gilbert - foreword, Robin Vrba - editor, Nikola Zimring - editor

Narrated by: Steven Jay Cohen

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

Incredible account

The details of survival, pain, and the unthinkable are so well written (and narrated), you would think it was fiction. Upon gaining freedom, I was expecting to hear better stories than that of the disappointment I felt hearing that the reports of what was really taking place in the camps fell on deaf ears.

Everyone should read this

History must not repeat itself and I fear we are heading in that direction once again The book is well written. I couldn’t put it down.

A must read.

I love these kinds of books. They show courage and bravery of those remaining.

Dark. a must read or listen

amazing description with all the details, everyone must listen or read this real story

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I read/ listened to more than a fair number of books on this subject and this one by far is the best to date.
This book has answered a question that I have had for years.