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The Volunteer: The True Story of the Resistance Hero who Infiltrated Auschwitz by Jack Fairweather
travelthroughreading's review against another edition
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
slow-paced
4.0
vendea's review against another edition
4.0
Clear and reasonably concise. Kept me interested the entire way through - I read it in just over four days.
michaelstanley's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Not an easy read
efemoh's review against another edition
4.0
Witold volunteers for the Polish underground to go into the Auswitchz camp and find out /relay what was happening. His numerous attempts to get the allied forces to do something failed. An important story is told but it's also a depressing read of how the world watched on while Auswitchz turned to a slaughter house and did absolutely nothing!
jessi_lou95's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
sad
tense
medium-paced
5.0
Heartbreaking
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, War, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, Death, Murder, Antisemitism, and Genocide
Moderate: Torture, Blood, and Excrement
Minor: Suicide and Rape
arsenic_and_old_lace's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
3.0
hedread's review against another edition
5.0
I've read so many stories about the enormous courage, self sacrifice, and survival of the people of the Holocaust and WWII. This is a rediscovered story of remarkable courage of a hero who infiltrated the most notorious of the concentration camps. The story of Witold is important as it reveals new information about how Auschwitz came into being, and confronts how we respond to evil in our own time.
billybear72's review against another edition
5.0
A story that uncovered the true meaning of courage and bravery, along with a dogged sense of purpose