Bibliograph

A rebel in Auschwitz, the true story of the resistance hero who fought the Nazis from inside the camp, Jack Fairweather

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A rebel in Auschwitz, the true story of the resistance hero who fought the Nazis from inside the camp, Jack Fairweather

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-321) and index

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contains biographical information

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A rebel in Auschwitz

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1274233974

Responsibility statement

Jack Fairweather

Sub title

the true story of the resistance hero who fought the Nazis from inside the camp

Summary

"Occupied Warsaw, Summer 1940 . . . Witold Pilecki, a Polish underground operative, accepted a mission to uncover the fate of thousands interned at a new concentration camp, report on Nazi crimes, raise a secret army, and stage an uprising. The name of the camp--Auschwitz. Over the next two and half years, and under the cruelest of conditions, Pilecki's underground sabotaged facilities, assassinated Nazi officers, and gathered evidence of terrifying abuse and mass murder. But as he pieced together the horrifying Nazi plans to exterminate Europe's Jews, Pilecki realized he would have to risk his men, his life, and his family to warn the West before all was lost. To do so meant attempting the impossible--but first he would have to escape from Auschwitz itself . . ."--Dust jacket

Target audience

adolescent

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True story of the resistance hero who fought the Nazis from inside the camp

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