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The Man Who Broke into Auschwitz: The Extraordinary True Story
Denis Avey
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Description for The Man Who Broke into Auschwitz: The Extraordinary True Story
paperback. The international bestselling story of one British soldier's brave choice to exchange places with a Jewish prisoner in Auschwitz. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 x 8pp Black & White. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 197 x 18. Weight in Grams: 230. Good clean copy showing some age and shelf wear
THE MAN WHO BROKE INTO AUSCHWITZ is the extraordinary true story of a British soldier who marched willingly into Buna-Monowitz, the concentration camp known as Auschwitz III. In the summer of 1944, Denis Avey was being held in a POW labour camp, E715, near Auschwitz III. He had heard of the brutality meted out to the prisoners there and he was determined to witness what he could. He hatched a plan to swap places with a Jewish inmate and smuggled himself into his sector of the camp. He spent the night there on two occasions and experienced at first-hand ... Read more
THE MAN WHO BROKE INTO AUSCHWITZ is the extraordinary true story of a British soldier who marched willingly into Buna-Monowitz, the concentration camp known as Auschwitz III. In the summer of 1944, Denis Avey was being held in a POW labour camp, E715, near Auschwitz III. He had heard of the brutality meted out to the prisoners there and he was determined to witness what he could. He hatched a plan to swap places with a Jewish inmate and smuggled himself into his sector of the camp. He spent the night there on two occasions and experienced at first-hand ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Condition
Used, Good
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781444714197
SKU
KMK0021955
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Denis Avey
Denis Avey was born in Essex in 1919. He fought in the desert during the Second World War and was captured and held as a Prisoner of War in a camp near Auschwitz III. In 2010 he received a British Hero of the Holocaust award. Denis died in 2015.
Reviews for The Man Who Broke into Auschwitz: The Extraordinary True Story
This is a most important book, and a timely reminder of the dangers that face any society once intolerance and racism take hold.
Sir Martin Gilbert
This memoir is an important contribution to a terrible chapter in history.
Daily Express
Denis is a hero in time of terror, a man of limitless moral and physical courage. ... Read more
Sir Martin Gilbert
This memoir is an important contribution to a terrible chapter in history.
Daily Express
Denis is a hero in time of terror, a man of limitless moral and physical courage. ... Read more