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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fairweather, Jack, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pilecki, Witold, 1901-1948--Juvenile literature.

Pilecki, Witold.

Pilecki, Witold, 1901-1948.

Poland. Polskie Si�y Zbrojne. Armia Krajowa--Officers--Biography--Juvenile literature.

Poland.

Auschwitz (Concentration camp)--Juvenile literature.

Auschwitz (Concentration camp).

Internment camp inmates--Poland--Biography--Juvenile literature.

Internment camp inmates.

Nazi concentration camp inmates--Poland--Biography--Juvenile literature.

Nazi concentration camp inmates.

World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Poland--Juvenile literature.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Juvenile literature.

Atrocities.

Genre:

Biographies.

Fiction.

Physical Description:

pages cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

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

Place of Publication:

New York : Scholastic Focus, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., [2021]

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.."-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781338686937