Rudolph herber had a gift of an extraordinary memory. He memorized all those transports he had seen. And the slovac jews there in gillina write it all down. The word itself, the truth, kind of escapes across occupied europe. But i don't want people to come away with the idea that somehow naty language failed them.
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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