The Man Who Escaped Auschwitz to Expose Its Horrors | The Agenda

On April 10, 1944, after enduring years of back-breaking slave labour, 19-year-old Rudolf Vrba became what may have been the first Jew to escape Auschwitz. He would go on to try to warn the world about the horrors being carried out within the camp's barbed wire fences. His detailed account, the first ever, would land on the desks of Roosevelt, Churchill, and the Pope. While it would fall on many deaf ears, it would save 200,000 lives. Rudolf eventually settled in Canada. Author Jonathan Freedland's new book, "The Escape Artist," describes it all. He talks to Steve Paikin about the atrocities, the escape, and how he and the world wrestled with his revelations.
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