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A teenaged Rudolf Vrba imprisoned in Auschwitz plots and executes a nail-biter of a great escape, intending to give witness to the evil he found in the infamous concentration camp and to give an early clarion call of warning. But would the world listen and take heed? Veteran thriller writer Jonathan Freedland gives us a bracing tale of adventure and heroism, an audacious and complicated hero, a compelling picture Holocaust survival.

Winner of the National Jewish Book Award · New York Times Bestseller

"A brilliant and heart-wrenching book, with universal and timely lessons about the power of information—and misinformation. Is it possible to stop mass murder by telling the truth?" — Yuval Noah Harari, bestselling author of Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind and Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow

A complex hero. A forgotten story. The first witness to reveal the full truth of the Holocaust . . .

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