Escape From Auschwitz

On 6th November 1942, 70 captured Red Army soldiers staged an extraordinary mass escape from Auschwitz. Among these men was prisoner number 1418 Andrei Pogozhev. He survived, and this is his story.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 224 pages

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