In April 1944, Rudolf Vrba became one of the very first Jews to escape from Auschwitz and make his way to freedom—among only a tiny handful who ever pulled off that near-impossible feat. Against all odds, Vrba and his fellow escapee, Fred Wetzler, climbed mountains, crossed rivers, and narrowly missed German bullets. As Jonathan Freedland reveals in this National Jewish Book Award winner, Vrba also smuggled out the first full account of the concentration camps, vital information that eventually reached Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and the Pope.