Escape from Auschwitz (2009)
The truth about the Auschwitz death camp was one of the most closely guarded secrets of the Third Reich. Prisoners who tried to escape were killed in public as an example to other inmates. Very few ever made it out alive. Escape From Auschwitz tells the incredible story of two young Slovak Jews, Rudolph Vrba and Alfred Wetzler, who managed to escape, determined to tell the world about the atrocities being committed by the Nazis at the camp, which resulted in the saving of thousands of lives.
- Date of release
- 2009-03-01
- Runtime
- 47m
- Genres
- Documentary, War
Casting
- Sean Pertwee — Narrator
- Yehuda Bauer — Himself
- David Cesarani — Himself
- Martin Gilbert — Himself
- Georg Klein — Himself
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