437 thousand jews of the hungarian provinces had been deported, and most of them in alswitz. They get a plea from the pope, almost a threat from roosevelt, that you'll be prosecutord for war crimes if you allow this to continue. And they halt thisrhati, the leader of hungary, halts the deport ation and of the jews of buddhapest. It is one of the great acts of rescue and heroism of the second world war. I consider rudolph herbet's name should be up therewith and frank oscar schindler, primo leve as the names that define our understanding of the olocles.
During the Second World War, Rudolph Vrba was one of the very few people to escape the horrors of the Auschwitz concentration camp. He did so along with fellow escapee, Alfred Wetzler, in April 1944. Vrba is the subject of columnist and author Jonathan Freedland's new book, The Escape Artist. He joins journalist and broadcaster Manveen Rana to discuss Vrba's incredible story.
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