The twentieth train : the remarkable true story of the only successful ambush on the the journey to Auschwitz
Schreiber, Marion, 1942-2004
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On 19 April 1943, three young men stopped a train. It was transporting 1,631 Jews from Mechelen in Belgium to Auschwitz. Equipped only with four pairs of pliers, a hurricane lamp covered in red paper and a single pistol, these men helped over 200 prisoners to escape. The Nazi reaction was swift and brutal.
Main title:
The twentieth train : the remarkable true story of the only successful ambush on the the journey to Auschwitz / Marion Schreiber ; foreword by Paul Spiegel ; translated by Shaun Whiteside.
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Imprint:
London : Atlantic, 2004.
Collation:
xi, 308 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., facsims., ports. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: as Silent rebels. 2003.first published Germany 2000.Bibliography: p. 265-268.Translated from the German.
ISBN:
18435404449781843540441
Dewey class:
940.5'31835940.5318940.531835
Local class:
940.5318
Language:
EnglishGerman
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BRN:
340047
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