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Title: History Of The Day - Rudolf Vrba and Alfréd Wetzler Escape from Auschwitz-Birkenau (1944)
Post by: TFD on Apr 10, 2013, 06:30 AM
By 1944, transports were arriving daily at Auschwitz, carrying thousands of Jews destined for the gas chambers and crematoria. Prisoners Rudolf Vrba and Alfréd Wetzler knew that someone had to warn the Jews about what was happening to their deported brethren and alert the world to the atrocities being committed, so they mounted a daring escape and made their way to Slovakia, where they presented a detailed report on the concentration camp to Jewish officials. How did they break out of the camp? Discuss (http://forum.thefreedictionary.com/postst35278_Rudolf-Vrba-and-Alfr%C3%A9d-Wetzler-Escape-from-Auschwitz-Birkenau--1944-.aspx)



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