Die Biografie erzählt die wahre Geschichte von Witold Pilecki, einem polnischen Untergrundagenten, der 1940 in Auschwitz infiltrierte, um über die dortigen Verbrechen zu berichten und einen Aufstand zu organisieren. Jack Fairweather nutzt unveröffentlichte Dokumente und Interviews, um Pileckis lange vergessene Geschichte zu beleuchten.
Jack Fairweather Bücher
1. Jänner 1978
Jack Fairweather erhielt für seine Berichterstattung aus dem Irakkrieg die höchste britische Auszeichnung für Journalisten. Zuvor war er Korrespondent für die Washington Post und den Daily Telegraph, wo er als Leiter des Büros in Bagdad und am Persischen Golf tätig war. Seine Schriften konzentrieren sich auf tiefgreifende menschliche Erfahrungen inmitten von Konflikten. Durch seine Arbeit erforscht er die komplexen moralischen Dilemmata und psychischen Belastungen, die Kriege für den Einzelnen mit sich bringen.
The Prosecutor
One Man's Battle Against the CIA to Bring the Nazis to Justice
- 400 Seiten
- 14 Lesestunden
Set in post-World War II Germany, the narrative follows Fritz Bauer, a gay Jewish lawyer, as he confronts the unsettling reality of former Nazis occupying powerful positions while the nation seeks to forget the Holocaust. Driven by a deep commitment to justice, Bauer embarks on a relentless quest to hold these perpetrators accountable. Utilizing newly uncovered CIA files and personal documents, the story highlights his struggle to reclaim a nation and ensure that the atrocities of the past are not forgotten.
A Rebel in Auschwitz
- 352 Seiten
- 13 Lesestunden
An extraordinary, eye-opening account of the Holocaust. A new edition of Jack Fairweather's Costa Book of the Year for children aged 12 and up.
With exclusive access to previously hidden diaries, family and camp survivor accounts, and recently declassified files, critically acclaimed and award-winning journalist Jack Fairweather brilliantly portrays the remarkable man who volunteered to face the unknown in the name of truth and country. This extraordinary and eye-opening account of the Holocaust invites us all to bear witness.Occupied Warsaw, Summer 1940:Witold Pilecki, a Polish underground operative, accepted a mission to uncover the fate of thousands interned at a new concentration camp, report on Nazi crimes, raise a secret army, and stage an uprising. The name of the camp -- Auschwitz.Over the next two and half years, and under the cruellest of conditions, Pilecki's underground sabotaged facilities, assassinated Nazi officers, and gathered evidence of terrifying abuse and mass murder. But as he pieced together the horrifying Nazi plans to exterminate Europe's Jews, Pilecki realized he would have to risk his men, his life, and his family to warn the West before all was lost. To do so meant attempting the impossible -- but first he would have to escape from Auschwitz itself...