Impossible escape : a true story of survival and heroism in Nazi Germany /

"It is 1944. A teenager named Rudolph (Rudi) Vrba has made up his mind. After barely surviving nearly two years in the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland, he knows he must escape. Even if death is more likely. Rudi has learned the terrible secret hidden behind the heavily guarded fences of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Sheinkin, Steve (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2023.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Vrba, Rudolf > Juvenile literature. Vrbová, Gerta > Juvenile literature. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Europe > Juvenile literature. Jews > Persecutions > Europe > Juvenile literature. Nazi concentration camp escapes > Juvenile literature. Escaped prisoners of war > Juvenile literature. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Germany. Jews > Persecutions > Germany. Holocauste, 1939-1945 > Europe > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse. Juifs > Persécutions > Europe > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse. Prisonniers de guerre évadés > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse. Évasions des camps de concentration nazis > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse. YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / History / Holocaust. YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Historical. YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / History / Europe. Jews > Persecutions. 1939-1945 Young adult nonfiction. Juvenile works. Creative nonfiction. Biographies. Essais fictionnels.

Table of Contents:

Prologue: Leaving home
Part I: Capture
Part II: Survival
Part III: Escape
Epilogue: The story is the thing.