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The Man Who Broke Into Auschwitz: A True Story Of World War II (2011)

by Denis Avey(Favorite Author)

3.8 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1444714163 (ISBN13: 9781444714166)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Hodder & Stoughton

review 1: As Avey puts it, when he tells a story, he begins at the beginning. All of which is to say, after an opening glimpse into Auschwitz, it takes 25% of the book to circle back to it. If you're interested in WWII battles in North Africa, this won't trouble you much, but I confess to wondering when on earth he would be taken prisoner. Suffice to say, once that takes place, the book is riveting. And the ending, where Avey discovers what happened to one of the imprisoned Jews he helped in the camp, is lovely. Where truth is better than fiction!
review 2: I know there is some controversy about this book and the facts claimed by the author as his experience. But, for the life of me, I don't understand why.So the swap seems unbelievable to you? Really? That's the part of... more this story that goes beyond belief?This was an amazing story of courage and despair and triumph and joy. Denis Avey is now a 90+ year old man who has been through more in his life than most people. Not only his war time experiences in a (or next to, if you prefer) concentration camp but also his post war life which held it's own despair and horror. And for those who claim that obviously his story is a fabrication because Yad Vashem said it was unable to honour Avey with the title "Righteous Among the Nations" because it was unable to substantiate his account of the prisoner swap. You need to research more. Yad Vashem doesn't not believe his story - their policy is that anyone's story needs to be substantiated by more than just the storyteller. less

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