{"product_id":"the-man-who-broke-into-auschwitz-a-true-story-of-world-war-ii-paperback","title":"The Man who Broke Into Auschwitz: A True Story of World War II - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDenis Avey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRob Broomby\u003c\/b\u003e (With)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Broke into Auschwitz\u003c\/i\u003e is the extraordinary true story of a British soldier who marched willingly into the concentration camp, Buna-Monowitz, known as Auschwitz III.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the summer of 1944, Denis Avey was being held in a British 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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 the cruelty of a place where slave workers, had been sentenced to death through labor. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Astonishingly, he survived to witness the aftermath of the Death March where thousands of prisoners were murdered by the Nazis as the Soviet Army advanced. After his own long trek right across central Europe he was repatriated to Britain. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For decades he couldn't bring himself to revisit the past that haunted his dreams, but now Denis Avey feels able to tell the full story -- a tale as gripping as it is moving -- which offers us a unique insight into the mind of an ordinary man whose moral and physical courage are almost beyond belief.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDenis Avey\u003c\/b\u003e fought in the British army during World War II 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRob Broomby is a British Affairs correspondent for the BBC World Service. He was formerly the BBC Berlin correspondent and has worked as a broadcast journalist mainly with BBC Radio for more than twenty years\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 312\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 11, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51754157801760,"sku":"9780306821493","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c87a79feec8af1e91502043cbacbb0c3.webp?v=1780034657","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-man-who-broke-into-auschwitz-a-true-story-of-world-war-ii-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}