The Auschwitz Escape
A terrible darkness has fallen upon Jacob Weisz’s beloved Germany. The Nazi regime, under the leadership of Adolf Hitler, has surged to power and now hold Germany by the throat. All non-Aryans—especially Jews like Jacob and his family—are treated like dogs.When tragedy strikes during one terrible...
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A terrible darkness has fallen upon Jacob Weisz’s beloved Germany. The Nazi regime, under the leadership of Adolf Hitler, has surged to power and now hold Germany by the throat. All non-Aryans—especially Jews like Jacob and his family—are treated like dogs.When tragedy strikes during one terrible night of violence, Jacob flees and joins rebel forces working to undermine the regime. But after a raid goes horribly wrong, Jacob finds himself in a living nightmare—trapped in a crowded, stinking car on the train to the Auschwitz death camp.As World War II rages and Hitler begins implementing his “final solution” to systematically and ruthlessly exterminate the Jewish people, Jacob must rely on his wits and a God he’s not sure he believes in to somehow escape from Auschwitz and alert the world to the Nazi’s atrocities before Fascism overtakes all of Europe. The fate of millions hangs in the balance.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781414336244 (1414336241)
ASIN: 1414336241
Publish date: 2014-03-18
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Pages no: 480
Edition language: English
Category:
History,
Adult Fiction,
Historical Fiction,
War,
Christian,
World War II,
Christian Fiction,
Suspense,
Holocaust,
Fiction,
Historical
It has been a while since a book has had an emotional impact on me like this one. Rosenberg makes his first foray into historical fiction with this novel, and it really explodes off the pages with suspense, terror, despair, and heroic triumph. Like many past students who were briefly exposed to this...
If you haven't seen The Great Escape with Steve McQueen I highly recommend you do. Because talk about entertaining and based on an incredible true story. I mention that movie because I was really hoping The Auschwitz Escape would be something similar. While, enjoyable and a fast read, it wasn't what...
For all the great reviews ,I expected better writing. Good story, good research, but I never felt engaged with any of the characters .This is probably more suited for high school level.
Epic in scope, Joel Rosenberg’s “The Auschwitz Escape” is a work of historical fiction that is both breathtaking and heartbreaking. Young and naïve Jacob Wiesz, guided by his beloved Uncle Avi, joins the Resistance movement in Belgium after he is forced to flee his native Germany. Meanwhile, Jean-Lu...