Escape From Auschwitz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pogozhev, Andreĭ.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pogozhev, Andreĭ.

Auschwitz (Concentration camp).

Nazi concentration camp escapes--Poland--Oświęcim.

Nazi concentration camp escapes.

Nazi concentration camp escapes--Poland--Oświęcim--Biography.

Soldiers--Soviet Union--Biography.

Soldiers.

World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Soviet.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, German.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (300 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

: Pen and Sword, 2007.

Summary:

On 6 November 1942 70 captured Red Army soldiers staged an extraordinary mass escape from Auschwitz. Among these men was prisoner number 1418 Andrey Pogozhev. He survived, and this is his story. Pogozhev was caught by the Germans in 1941 and was sent to Auschwitz. The fact that Pogozhev survived the appalling conditions in the camp is remarkable in itself. That he should also have taken part in one of the few successful escapes makes his gripping narrative rare indeed. His description of the escape and his subsequent journey as a fugitive to the east, through the Carpathian mountains into the

Contents:

""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""List of Plates""; ""Foreword""; ""Maps and Plans""; ""Prologue""; ""CHAPTER ONE - Entrapment""; ""CHAPTER TWO - Stalag 308""; ""CHAPTER THREE - Auschwitz""; ""CHAPTER FOUR - Extermination""; ""CHAPTER FIVE - Birkenau""; ""CHAPTER SIX - Hospital""; ""CHAPTER SEVEN - Gallows""; ""CHAPTER EIGHT - Sonderkommandos""; ""CHAPTER NINE - Escape""; ""CHAPTER TEN - Interrogation""; ""Epilogue""; ""Glossary""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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Other Format:

Print version: Pogozhev, Andrey. Escape from Auschwitz.

ISBN:

9781783402823

1783402822

9781783460106

1783460105

OCLC:

854584330