April 7; 1944 -- Alarm sirens announce the escape of two Slovak prisoners from a heavily-guarded camp in Nazi Germany. The escapees; Rudolf Vrba and Alfred Wetzler; succeed and flee more than one hundred miles to give the first graphic and exact descriptions of the operations at Auschwitz; which up to that point had only been heard about as unverifiable rumours. Their report; first punished in Swiss and then in the western press; made the reality of Nazi annihilation camps explicit and unequivocal to Pope Pius XII; Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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Review
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Good example of Civil War lifeBy Lisa SmithI bought this book because it is based on 90 letters written by an officer in my great-grandfather's Civil War unit and I wanted to know more about where he went and what he experienced. Official unit histories provide little of this. I enjoyed reading the letters--really got a sense of knowing Edward Wood--and it provided much of the insight I was looking for. Wood certainly thrived in the military environment; but was also torn between that and missing his wife and daughter terribly. This comes through clearly. The book is quite readable. I doubt many Civil War buffs would be interested in it; for it is not as exciting as many Civil War biographies; but it is an excellent source for historians who want to learn about the typical experiences of soldiers (in this case an officer) of the time. The introduction provides a clear analysis of Wood and his letters.0 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Civil War FansBy Teri ShowalterI have developed an interest in the Civil War lately and really enjoyed this book. The letters show how life was during that time in history. You get a much better picture of things from the letters the soldiers wrote than you would ever get from any movie.
