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Impossible Escape: A True Story of Survival and Heroism in Nazi Europe

Steve Sheinkin

Set in 1944, this true account alternates between two Jewish teenagers during the Holocaust. Rudi Vrba, who had hoped to reach Great Britain to fight the Nazis, is imprisoned in Auschwitz and plans an escape with Alfred Wetzler. Gerta Sidonová flees Slovakia for Hungary, later works for the resistance, and is captured by the Gestapo. Rudi’s aim is to reveal the systematic killing of Jewish people at Auschwitz and Birkenau as Nazi killing capacity grows. Their stories unfold amid the danger facing Jews in Hungary and across Nazi-occupied Europe.

This book appears on 3 reading lists across 1 edition from 3 organizations.

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Book details

Themes
Courage · History · Resilience · War And Conflict
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Published
August 29, 2023
ISBN-13
9781250265722
Language
English
Cooperative Children's Book Center, University of Wisconsin–MadisonCCBC Choices
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