How Two Men Escaped Auschwitz During WWII | Auschwitz: The Great Escape

Escape from Auschwitz uncovers the true story of the spectacular escape from the camp in 1944 by two young Slovak jews – Rudolf Vrba and Alfred Wetzler. The Nazi’s extermination plan relied on the truth about the camp’s purpose being kept secret from the outside world. Throughout the five years of the camp’s existence there were hundreds of attempts at escape but nearly all were caught – and killed. Vrba and Wetzler were the first escapees to reveal the diabolical purpose of Auschwitz to the free world.