02510cam a2200409 i 4500 494366600 TxAuBib 20210310120000.0 190908s2020||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781631584718 19.99 1631584715 19.99 (OCoLC)1158287850 TxAuBib rda Vrba, Rudolf. I escaped from Auschwitz : the story of a man whose actions led to the largest single rescue of Jews in World War II / Rudolf Vrba. New York, NY : Racehorse Publishing, 2020. xix, 446 p. : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Originally published under the title: I cannot forgive. Previously published in 2002 by Barricase Books, Inc. Foreword by Sir Martin Gilbert. 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 one hundred 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 recognised as nasty rumours. 20210310. Vrba, Rudolf. Auschwitz (Concentration camp.) Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives, Slovakian. Concentration camp escapes -- Poland. Concentration camp escapes. Poland. Autobiographies. Personal narratives. Bestic, Alan. Zimring, Nikola, editor. Vrba, Robin, editor.