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Rudolf Vrba was sent to Auschwitz at the age of seventeen, and, because he was young and in good health, he was not killed immediately but put to labor in the camp. Vrba (originally named Walter Rosenberg) quickly discovered that the scale of the killing was greater than anyone on the outside knew or could imagine, and Jewish communities were being deported without understanding their fate. Jonathan Freedland chronicles Vrba\u2019s story in his new book, \u201cThe Escape Artist.\u201d The young Vrba had a \u201ccrucial realization, which is [that] the only way this machine is going to be stopped\u2014this death machine\u2014is if somebody gets the word out,\u201d Freedland told David Remnick. Freedland recounts how, against terrible odds, Vrba managed to escape the camp, and provided direct testimony of the Holocaust that reached Allied governments.\xa0\nThis interview was recorded at a live event at the Museum of Jewish Heritage\u2014A Living Memorial to the Holocaust.