Escape From Auschwitz

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Escape From Auschwitz
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Andrey Pogozhev
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:192
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 156
Category/GenreTrue War and Combat Stories
True Stories of Heroism, Endurance and Survival
The Holocaust
Military history
ISBN/Barcode 9781526776495
ClassificationsDewey:940.531853858092
Audience
General
Illustrations 20 black and white illustrations

Publishing Details

Publisher Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Imprint Pen & Sword Military
Publication Date 29 May 2020
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

On 6 November 1942 70 captured Red Army soldiers staged an extraordinary mass escape from Auschwitz. Among these men was prisoner number 1418 Andrey Pogozhev. He survived, and this is his story. Pogozhev was caught by the Germans in 1941 and was sent to Auschwitz. The fact that Pogozhev survived the appalling conditions in the camp is remarkable in itself. That he should also have taken part in one of the few successful escapes makes his gripping narrative rare indeed. His description of the escape and his subsequent journey as a fugitive to the east, through the Carpathian mountains into the Ukraine, is unforgettable reading. AUTHOR: Andrey Pogozhev was born in 1912 at Dontsk in the Ukraine, and before the war he worked as a miner and mining engineer. He was mobilized in June 1941 and fought as a platoon commander of regimental artillery, but he was captured in September. He spent a year at Auschwitz, escaped, was recaptured, and then escaped from the Germans again. He finally reached the Soviet lines in 1943. After the war he went back to his work as a mining engineer. Andrey Pogozhev died in 1990. 20 b/w illustrations

Author Biography

Andrey Pogozhev was born in 1912 at Dontsk in the Ukraine, and before the war he worked as a miner and mining engineer. He was mobilized in June 1941 and fought as a platoon commander of regimental artillery, but he was captured in September. He spent a year at Auschwitz, escaped, was recaptured, and then escaped from the Germans again. He finally reached the Soviet lines in 1943\. After the war he went back to his work as a mining engineer. Andrey Pogozhev died in 1990.