Fairweather, Jack
The Volunteer: The True Story of the Resistance Hero who Infiltrated Auschwitz - The Costa Biography Award Winner 2019
- ISBN 13:
- 9780753545188
- author:
- Fairweather, Jack
- format:
- Paperback / softback
- publisher:
- W H Allen
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2020
- Pages:
- 528
- Dimensions:
- 19.8 x 12.6 x 3.1 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Biography, Historical, History,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 7 working days
Description
Witold Pilecki's story is one of sacrifice and heroism. In the summer of 1940, he accepted a mission to uncover the fate of thousands of people being interned at Auschwitz, a concentration camp on the border of the Reich. Over the next two and a half years, he forged an underground army that smuggled evidence of Nazi atrocities out of the camp, reports that would shape the Allies' response to the Holocaust. This is the first major account to draw on unpublished family papers, newly released archival documents, and exclusive interviews with surviving resistance fighters. The result is an enthralling story of resistance and heroism against the most horrific circumstances, and one man's attempt to change the course of history. Jack Fairweather's book brings Witold Pilecki's extraordinary life to light, shedding new light on a pivotal moment in history.
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