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Alfréd Israel Wetzler (10 May 1918 [1] – 8 February 1988), who wrote under the alias Jozef Lánik, was a Slovak Jewish writer. He is known for escaping from Auschwitz concentration camp and co-writing the Vrba-Wetzler Report , which helped halt the deportation of Jews from Hungary, saving up to 200,000 lives.
Rudolf Vrba and Alfred Wetzler, published by the War Refugee Board, 26 November 1944 Public domain Public domain false false This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person’s official duties under the terms of Title 17 ...
Telegram on 8 April 1944 from the Gestapo at Auschwitz, Poland, with descriptions of Rudolf Vrba and Alfred Wetzler, two escapees, to the Reich Security Head Office in Berlin, the SS in Oranienburg, district commanders, and others. This was widely distributed to police and security offices. Date: 8 April 1944: Source
The Auschwitz Report, Slovakia’s contender for the International Feature Oscar, tells the true story of two Slovakian Jews who escape Auschwitz in a bid to tell the world about the Nazi ...
Written by two Auschwitz escapees, Rudolf Vrba and Alfred Wetzler, the latter report accurately described the fate of Jews deported from Theresienstadt to Auschwitz—most were murdered. [ 38 ] Rossel's statement that Jews were not deported from Theresienstadt caused the ICRC to cancel a planned visit to the Theresienstadt family camp, to which ...
The Vrba–Wetzler report is one of three documents that comprise what is known as the Auschwitz Protocols, otherwise known as the Auschwitz Report or the Auschwitz notebook. It is a 33-page eye-witness account of the Auschwitz concentration camp in German-occupied Poland during the Holocaust .
Alfréd Wetzler [73] 29162 May 10, 1918: February 8, 1988: 69 Jewish 1942 – April 7, 1944 Escaped from the camp. Co-author of the Vrba-Wetzler report, delivered to the Allies, which saved the lives of an estimated 120 to 200 thousand Jews. Alex Dekel [74] Served under Josef Mengele as his subject, witnessing many of Mengele's human medical ...
The Vrba–Wetzler report reaches the British and US governments. 15 June; The BBC World Service reports that 4,000 Jews from Theresienstadt were killed in gas chambers at Auschwitz during March 1944. Rosin and Mordowicz tell Krasniansky 100,000 Hungarian Jews were killed on arrival between 15 and 27 May, unaware of what was about to happen to ...