The Escape Artist: The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World by Jonathan Freedland. A thrilling biography of one of the first men to escape from Auschwitz. Rudolf Vrba was a Jew who was deported to Auschwitz. After what he saw there he was determined to escape and warn the Jews of what awaited them. He believed if they knew they would resist. He and his friend Fred Wetzler escaped and wrote a report that reached all the major powers, and even the remaining Jewish rulers, and yet nothing was done. Rudolf, haunted by his past, never forgave those he held responsible among the Jewish leaders for not warning the other Jews. A powerful story of heroism and horror.
Ratings: 10th grade - 8 out of 10 - P (profanity) - V (violence) - AC (mature thematic content).
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