I Escaped from Auschwitz

After his escape he attempted (with the evidence he had managed to escape with) to reach the Jewish population of Hungaria in order to warn them that they were about to be murdered. He thought that the powers that be would attempt to save them; he was wrong, 400,000 of them died because of disbeleif and scepticism in his story but more so because of a traitor.

As with all Holocaust testimony the stories are worth the time reading and their message worth assimilating. Germany was not an anomally, it could have been any country in the world that fell into such barbarity. Rudolph Vrba's account therefore is as much as a warning now as it was when he first escaped. The personalities that perpetrated these horrors exist in contemporary times also, these are not extraordinary people; it is the fact that they are ordinary that makes it imperative that Vrba's account be read.


Auschwitz relived by the reader   October 23, 2003
 11 out of 12 found this review helpful

An excellent book from someone who has really been there.
Moving and certainly gripping, at times the stories are so unbelievable you have to pinch yourself to remind you people can do this.
Well worth reading