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The escape artist : the man who broke out of Auschwitz to warn the world / Jonathan Freedland.
Record details
- ISBN: 0063112337
- ISBN: 9780063112339
- Physical Description: x, 376 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- Edition: First U.S. edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022]
- Copyright: ℗♭2022.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "Originally published in Great Britain in 2022 by John Murray (Publishers), a Hachette UK company"--Title page verso. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-359) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Prologue -- Part I: The preparations. Star ; Five hundred reichsmarks ; Deported ; Majdanek -- Part II: The camp. We were slaves ; Kanada ; The final solution ; Big business ; The ramp ; The memory man ; Birkenau ; "It has been wonderful" --- Part III: The escape. Escape was lunacy ; Russian lessons ; The hideout ; Let my people go ; Underground ; On the run ; Crossing the border -- Part IV: In black and white ; Men of God ; What can I do? ; London has been informed ; Hungarian salami -- Part V: The shadow. A wedding with guns ; A new nation, a new England ; Canada ; I know a way out ; Flowers of emptiness ; Too many to count. |
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| Subject: | Vrba, Rudolf. Auschwitz (Concentration camp) Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) World War, 1939-1945. |
| Genre: | Biographies. |
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The Escape Artist : The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World
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Table of Contents
The Escape Artist : The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World
| Section | Section Description | Page Number |
|---|---|---|
| Author's Note | p. ix | |
| Maps | p. xii | |
| Prologue | p. 1 | |
| Part I | The Preparations | |
| 1 | Star | p. 11 |
| 2 | Five Hundred Reichsmarks | p. 23 |
| 3 | Deported | p. 31 |
| 4 | Majdanek | p. 38 |
| Part II | The Camp | |
| 5 | We Were Slaves | p. 51 |
| 6 | Kanada | p. 66 |
| 7 | The Final Solution | p. 73 |
| 8 | Big Business | p. 84 |
| 9 | The Ramp | p. 94 |
| 10 | The Memory Man | p. 107 |
| 11 | Birkenau | p. 116 |
| 12 | 'It Has Been Wonderful' | p. 127 |
| Part III | The Escape | |
| 13 | Escape Was Lunacy | p. 141 |
| 14 | Russian Lessons | p. 147 |
| 15 | The Hideout | p. 154 |
| 16 | Let My People Go | p. 161 |
| 17 | Underground | p. 169 |
| 18 | On the Run | p. 174 |
| 19 | Crossing the Border | p. 184 |
| Part IV | The Report | |
| 20 | In Black and White | p. 199 |
| 21 | Men of God | p. 210 |
| 22 | What Can I Do? | p. 216 |
| 23 | London Has Been Informed | p. 224 |
| 24 | Hungarian Salami | p. 235 |
| Part V | The Shadow | |
| 25 | A Wedding with Guns | p. 251 |
| 26 | A New Nation, a New England | p. 263 |
| 27 | Canada | p. 275 |
| 28 | I Know a Way Out | p. 285 |
| 29 | Flowers of Emptiness | p. 295 |
| 30 | Too Many to Count | p. 301 |
| Acknowledgements | p. 315 | |
| Picture Credits | p. 319 | |
| Notes | p. 321 | |
| Bibliography | p. 353 | |
| Index | p. 361 |
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