JONATHAN FREEDLAND ON THE ESCAPE ARTIST
(10/24/2022) In April 1944, Rudolf Vrba became the first Jew to break out of Auschwitz\u2014one of only four who ever pulled off that near-impossible feat. He did it to reveal the truth of the death camp to the world\u2014and to warn the last Jews of Europe what fate awaited them at the end of the railway line. Against all odds, he and his fellow escapee, Fred Wetzler, climbed mountains, crossed rivers and narrowly missed German bullets until they had smuggled out the first full account of Auschwitz the world had ever seen\u2014a forensically detailed report that would eventually reach Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and the Pope.\n\nJoin us when Award-winning journalist and bestselling novelist Jonathan Freedland tells the incredible story of Rudolf Vrba\u2014the first Jew to break out of Auschwitz, a man determined to warn the world and pass on a truth too few were willing to hear on this installment of Leonard Lopate at Large.