A Rebel in Auschwitz
Fairweather, Jack
A Rebel in Auschwitz the true story of the resistance hero who fought the Nazis from inside the camp True story of the resistance hero who fought the Nazis from inside the camp Jack Fairweather - London Scholastic 2021 - 337 p.
Lexile : 1080L
"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 cruelest 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.."--
9780702312311 $495
Pilecki, Witold, 1901-1948 --Juvenile literature
Poland--Officers--Biography--Juvenile literature
Auschwitz (Concentration camp)--Juvenile literature
Concentration camp inmates--Poland--Biography--Juvenile literature
World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Poland--Juvenile literature
World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Juvenile literature
940.53
A Rebel in Auschwitz the true story of the resistance hero who fought the Nazis from inside the camp True story of the resistance hero who fought the Nazis from inside the camp Jack Fairweather - London Scholastic 2021 - 337 p.
Lexile : 1080L
"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 cruelest 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.."--
9780702312311 $495
Pilecki, Witold, 1901-1948 --Juvenile literature
Poland--Officers--Biography--Juvenile literature
Auschwitz (Concentration camp)--Juvenile literature
Concentration camp inmates--Poland--Biography--Juvenile literature
World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Poland--Juvenile literature
World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Juvenile literature
940.53