The Man Who Broke into Auschwitz
The Extraordinary True Story
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- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
12 December 2011
Summary
THE MAN WHO BROKE INTO AUSCHWITZ is the extraordinary true story of a British soldier who marched willingly into Buna-Monowitz, the concentration camp known as Auschwitz III.
In the summer of 1944, Denis Avey was being held in a POW labour camp, E715, near Auschwitz III. He had heard of the brutality meted out to the prisoners there and he was determined to witness what he could.
He hatched a plan to swap places with a Jewish inmate and smuggled himself into h…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781444714197 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1444714198 |
| Author: | Denis Avey, Rob Broomby |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Hodder & Stoughton Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 12 December 2011 |
| Weight: | 229g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 24mm |
| Series: | Extraordinary Lives, Extraordinary Stories of World War Two |
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Critics Review
A ‘strange, brave and bracing story’. - Canberra Times
A simply written, compelling account of the extraordinary actions that eventually earned him teh British Hero of the Holocaust awards. - Saturday Agean excellent memoir of survival. - Publishers WeeklyDenis is a hero in time of terror, a man of limitless moral and physical courage. - Henry Kamm, New York Times correspondent and Pulitzer Prize winnerThis is a most important book, and a timely reminder of the dangers that face any society once intolerance and racism take hold. - Sir Martin Gilbert‘His descriptions are terrifyingly vivid. His bravery in saving the life of a Jewish prisoner is inspiring’. - News of the WorldA unique war story from a brave man. - KirkusAbout The Author
Denis Avey
Denis Avey was born in Essex in 1919. He fought in the desert during the Second World War and was captured and held as a Prisoner of War in a camp near Auschwitz III. In 2010 he received a British Hero of the Holocaust award.
Rob Broomby is a British Affairs correspondent for the BBC World Service. He was formerly the BBC Berlin correspondent and has worked as a broadcast journalist mainly with BBC Radio for more than twenty years.
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