From three-time National Book Award finalist and Newbery Honor
author Steve Sheinkin, a true story of two Jewish teenagers racing
against time during the Holocaust--one in hiding in Hungary, and
the other in Auschwitz, plotting escape. 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 concentration camps across Nazi-occupied Europe: the
methodical mass killing of Jewish prisoners. As trains full of
people arrive daily, Rudi knows that the murders won't stop until
he reveals the truth to the world--and that each day that passes
means more lives are lost. Lives like Rudi's schoolmate Gerta
Sidonová. Gerta's family fled from Slovakia to Hungary, where they
live under assumed names to hide their Jewish identity. But Hungary
is beginning to cave under pressure from German Nazis. Her chances
of survival become slimmer by the day. The clock is ticking. As
Gerta inches closer to capture, Rudi and his friend Alfred Wetzler
begin their crucial steps towards an impossible escape. This is the
true story of one of the most famous whistleblowers in the world,
and how his death-defying escape helped save over 100,000 lives.
General
| Imprint: |
St Martin's Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
August 2023 |
| Authors: |
Steve Sheinkin
|
| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover - Sewn / Cloth over boards / With dust jacket
|
| Pages: |
256 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-250-26572-2 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
1-250-26572-X |
| Barcode: |
9781250265722 |
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