The Escape Artist

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Thank you Harper Books for this gifted copy.

Today I have a must read book for y’all, and it’s a book I’m eager to dive in to! This is the true story of the first man who ever broke out of Auschwitz and attempted to warn the world of the horrors going on within the Nazi regime.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁

𝗣𝘂𝗯: 𝟭𝟬/𝟭𝟴

𝘗𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦 . . .

In April 1944, Rudolf Vrba became the first Jew to break out of Auschwitz—one of only four who ever pulled off that near-impossible feat. He did it to reveal the truth of the death camp to the world—and to warn the last Jews of Europe what fate awaited them at the end of the railway line. Against all odds, he and his fellow escapee, Fred Wetzler, climbed mountains, crossed rivers and narrowly missed German bullets until they had smuggled out the first full account of Auschwitz the world had ever seen—a forensically detailed report that would eventually reach Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and the Pope.

And yet too few heeded the warning that Vrba—then just nineteen years old—had risked everything to deliver. Some could not believe it. Others thought it easier to keep quiet. Vrba helped save 200,000 Jewish lives—but he never stopped believing it could have been so many more.

This is the story of a brilliant yet troubled man—a gifted “escape artist” who even as a teenager understand that the difference between truth and lies can be the difference between life and death, a man who deserves to take his place alongside Anne Frank, Oskar Schindler and Primo Levi as one of the handful of individuals whose stories define our understanding of the Holocaust.

💬 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤?

AOTD: It’s a two day school week here and Web has his State Cross Country meet on Friday, so it’s gonna be a busy week. And, today I am going couch shopping so wish me luck!