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The Volunteer

One Man, an Underground Army, and the Secret Mission to Destroy Auschwitz

Jack Fairweather

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Description

The Volunteer (2019) is an account of Witold Pilecki’s extraordinary life and death. A patriotic Pole, Pilecki volunteered to be sent to Auschwitz, the Nazi concentration camp. Not only did he bear witness to the camp’s atrocities; he smuggled out reports of what he’d seen, alerting the world to the horrors of the Holocaust.

Who Should Listen

  • Anyone interested in WWII history
  • People thrilled by tales of derring-do
  • Lovers of biography

About the Authors

Jack Fairweather is a British journalist and author. The Volunteer, which has been translated into 25 languages, won the 2019 Costa Book Award for biography.