S1 EP15: The Escape Artists - Jonathan Freedland In Conversation

In this episode, take a trip back to April 1944 when Rudolf Vrba and Fred Wetzler became the first Jews ever to escape Auschwitz. After grappling with electrified fences, dodging watchtowers and evading the eagle-eyed SS with their vicious guard dogs in order to secure their freedom, Vrba then began work on his next task - to reveal the horrors of the Holocaust via an eyewitness report that ultimately reached presidents, prime ministers and the Pope – and saved over 20,000 lives.