I Escaped from Auschwitz Audiobook By Rudolf Vrba, Alan Bestic, Sir Martin Gilbert - foreword, Robin Vrba - editor, Nikola Zimring - editor cover art

I Escaped from Auschwitz

The Shocking True Story of the World War II Hero Who Escaped the Nazis and Helped Save Over 200,000 Jews

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I Escaped from Auschwitz

By: Rudolf Vrba, Alan Bestic, Sir Martin Gilbert - foreword, Robin Vrba - editor, Nikola Zimring - editor
Narrated by: Steven Jay Cohen
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The Stunning and Emotional Autobiography of an Auschwitz Survivor

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 100 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 recognized as nasty rumors.

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The narrator was perfect for the content he read.

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HORRIFIC

The most horrific atrocities of Auschwitz are recounted in this book. How anyone can still deny the Holocaust is beyond comprehension. The detail and data provided by a bona fide Auschwitz registrar who escaped the notorious concentration camp are indelible proof that such evil should never be allowed again!

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The narrator

I have listened to quite a few Holocaust books, but none have affected me more than this. Mr Cohen’s narration was as if he was personally in Auschwitz’s prison camp. There was so much feeling and intonation expressed it made a tragic account more so.

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Chilling

This will make you sick, think, laugh, and maybe cry. Here is five more words.

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This is the saddest book ive ever listened to.god bless all those souls.may history never repeat this.

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Remarkable courage

Amazing yet terrible story of the worst atrocities and hatred the human race has known. The story was well written and performed. It made me want to care about the people l come in contact with more. The petty things we get caught up on everyday are so meaningless compared to fighting every day just to live. Thanks Rudolph for fighting and then having the courage to save others and tell your story. May we all learn and do better to each other.

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Awesome story. Terrible narrator

I loved the story and wished I had just read the book myself. I think I would have enjoyed it more. The narrator started and stopped speaking in weird places and it made it very hard to follow at times. Like trailing off in mid sentence and rolling one sentence into the other where a pause would normally be. The story however was extremely interesting and heartfelt. It’s worth a listen if that’s your preferred method. If not, than I encourage you to grab the book. I will be purchasing it and reading again as I really did enjoy the true life story of a man who escaped and survived the unsurvivable.

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Outstanding.

Extremely upsetting but the story, writing, & performance are all excellent. As a Jew who has visited Dachau & Auschwitz, this really resonates.

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The large numbers that did not know about the camps

Easy to understand the worst events in world history. No real news about the continued killing of mankind to my knowledge at school studies

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The entire history is incredible

I listened to this book 3 times because I was incredulous of what I was hearing. Not the story overall since I have listen to and read quite a few Holocaust, survivors and the World War Two! What I could not get away was about the betrayal, they moneys in question, fact that info was withheld by those that were being affected, the statements that some had to go!!!? It brings more questions, makes it more shelling, especially with what has taken place in the last 75 + years

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