Fairweather, Jack,

A rebel in Auschwitz : the true story of the resistance hero who fought the Nazis from inside the camp / True story of the resistance hero who fought the Nazis from inside the camp Jack Fairweather. - First edition. - x, 337 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-283) and index.

"Occupied Warsaw, Summer 1940: Witold Pilecki, a Polish underground operative, accepted a mission to uncover the fate of thousands interned at a new concentration camp, report on Nazi crimes, raise a secret army, and stage an uprising. The name of the camp -- Auschwitz. Over the next two and half years, and under the cruelest of conditions, Pilecki's underground sabotaged facilities, assassinated Nazi officers, and gathered evidence of terrifying abuse and mass murder. But as he pieced together the horrifying Nazi plans to exterminate Europe's Jews, Pilecki realized he would have to risk his men, his life, and his family to warn the West before all was lost. To do so meant attempting the impossible -- but first he would have to escape from Auschwitz itself.."--

Ages 12-18. Scholastic Focus. Grades 7-9. Scholastic Focus.

ISBN: 9781338686937 9781338686951

LCCN: 2020056412

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Concentration camp inmates
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945

LC Class. No.: D805.5.A96 / F348 2021

Dewey Class. No.: 940.53/1853862092 B