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Escaping AuschwitzRuth Linn
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Escaping Auschwitz

154 pagesFirst published 20041 edition
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"On 7 April 1944 a Slovakian Jew, Rudolf Vrba (born Walter Rosenberg), and a fellow prisoner, Alfred Wetzler, succeeded in escaping from Auschwitz-Birkenau. As block registrars both men had been allowed relative (though always risky) freedom of movement in the camp and thus had been able to observe the massive preparations underway at Birkenau of the entire killing machine for the eradication of Europe's last remaining Jewish community, the 800,000 Jews of Hungary. The two men somehow made their way back to Slovakia where they sought out the Jewish Council (Judenrat) to warn them of the…

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FormatPublisherYearPagesISBN
EditionCornell University Press20041549780801441301
HistoriographyHistoryHolocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)Jewish councilsJewsMoral and ethical aspectsPersecutionsViews on the Holocaust