An extraordinary, eye-opening account of the Holocaust.
Occupied Warsaw, Summer 1940: Witold Pilecki, a Polish underground operative, accepted a mission to uncover the fate of thousands interned at a new concentration camp, report on Nazi crimes, raise a secret army and stage an uprising. The name of the camp - Auschwitz.
Over the next two and half years, and under the cruellest of conditions, Pilecki's underground sabotaged facilities, assassinated Nazi officers and gathered evidence of terrifying abuse and mass murder.
But as he pieced together the horrifying Nazi plans to exterminate Europe's Jews, Pilecki realized he would have to risk his men, his life and his family to warn the West before all was lost. To do so meant attempting the impossible - but first he would have to escape from Auschwitz itself...
| ISBN: | 9780702312311 |
| Publication date: | 7th October 2021 |
| Author: | Jack Fairweather |
| Publisher: | Scholastic |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 337 pages |
| Genres: |
Children’s / Teenage fiction: True stories told as fiction The Holocaust Second World War Irregular or guerrilla forces and warfare War crimes Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions True stories of heroism, endurance and survival Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Prejudice and intolerance Children’s / Teenage fiction: Military and war fiction Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction Children’s / Teenage general interest: History and the past Reportage, journalism or collected columns Action Adventure |