{"product_id":"escape-from-hell-the-true-story-of-the-auschwitz-protocol-9781845451837","title":"Escape From Hell: The True Story of the Auschwitz","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eA shocking account of Nazi genocide and the inhuman conditions in Auschwitz, but equally shocking is the initial disbelief with which the revelations were met. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t“Alfred Wetzler was a true hero. His escape from Auschwitz, and the report he helped compile, telling for the first time the truth about the camp as a place of mass murder, led directly to saving the lives of 120,000 Jews…. No other single act in the Second World War saved so many Jews from the fate that Hitler and the SS had determined for them.”—Sir Martin Gilbert\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tTogether with another young Slovak Jew Rudolf Vrba, both deported in 1942, the author succeeded in escaping from the notorious death camp in the spring of 1944. There were some very few successful escapes from Auschwitz during the war, but it was these two who smuggled out the damning evidence – a ground plan of the camp, constructional details of the gas chambers and crematoriums and, most convincingly, a label from a canister of Cyclone gas.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tThe book is cast in the form of a novel to allow information not personally collected by the two fugitives but provided for them by a handful of reliable friends, to be included. Nothing, however, has been invented.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eFrom the Introduction by Dr. Robert Rozett\u003cbr\u003e \tWetzler is a master at evoking the universe of Auschwitz, and especially, his and Vrba's harrowing flight to Slovakia. The day-by-day account of the tremendous difficulties the pair faced after the Nazis had called off their search of the camp and its surroundings is both riveting and heart wrenching. [...] Shining vibrantly through the pages of the memoir are the tenacity and valor of two young men, who sought to inform the world about the greatest outrage ever committed by humans against their fellow humans.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“…a compelling read; a real thriller. It provides very vivid descriptions of daily life in the camp and recounts in details the miraculous escape and the escapees’ subsequent struggle to convince the unbelieving world of the happenings in Auschwitz-Birkenau.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• British Czech and Slovak Review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“The writing style is direct, with vivid descriptions of harrowing experiences and soul-searching conversations. In these manners, it is akin to Elie Wiesel’s Night”.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Jewish Culture and History\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tForeword\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/b\u003e Just for Work\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/b\u003e Work – German Style\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/b\u003e An Exalted Visit\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/b\u003e An Even More Exalted Visit\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/b\u003e The Ceremonial\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/b\u003e A More or Less Normal Evening\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/b\u003e Two Thousand Metres of Track\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/b\u003e To Die – or to Perish?\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/b\u003e ‘In the Name of Reichsführer SS’\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/b\u003e Danger: Live Ammunition!\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 11.\u003c\/b\u003e Two against a Regiment\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 12.\u003c\/b\u003e Death Lives on the Other Side\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 13.\u003c\/b\u003e ‘Did You See It with Your Own Eyes?’\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 14.\u003c\/b\u003e ‘But What about the Postcards?’\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 15.\u003c\/b\u003e There are Limits to Human Imagination\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eAppendix I:\u003c\/b\u003e Photographs and Documents\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eAppendix II:\u003c\/b\u003e Auschwitz Protocol (Vrba-Wetzler Report)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042967355735,"sku":"9781845451837","price":93.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781845451837.jpg?v=1750956439","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/escape-from-hell-the-true-story-of-the-auschwitz-protocol-9781845451837","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}