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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sheinkin, Steve, author.

Contributor:

Award Winning and Notable Children's and Young Adult Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vrba, Rudolf--Juvenile literature.

Vrba, Rudolf.

Vrbová, Gerta--Juvenile literature.

Vrbová, Gerta.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Europe--Juvenile literature.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).

Jews--Persecutions--Europe--Juvenile literature.

Jews.

Nazi concentration camp escapes--Juvenile literature.

Nazi concentration camp escapes.

Escaped prisoners of war--Juvenile literature.

Escaped prisoners of war.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Germany.

Jews--Persecutions--Germany.

Jews--Persecutions.

Genre:

Young adult nonfiction.

Juvenile works.

Creative nonfiction.

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xi, 243 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

True story of survival and heroism in Nazi Germany

Subtitle on cover: True story of survival and heroism in Nazi Europe

Place of Publication:

New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2023.

Summary:

"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."-- Front cover flap.

Contents:

Prologue: Leaving home

Part I: Capture

Part II: Survival

Part III: Escape

Epilogue: The story is the thing.

Notes:

Cover title: Impossible escape : a true story of survival and heorism in Nazi Europe.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-235) and index.

ISBN:

9781250265722

125026572X

OCLC:

1377548762