Rudolf Vrba: Escape from Auschwitz and the Vrba–Wetzler Report

Walter Rosenberg

Born Walter Rosenberg in Slovakia, he later took the name Rudolf Vrba and was deported to Auschwitz.

Vrba and Wetzler escaped on April 7, 1944 and reached Slovakia.

They dictated a detailed description of Auschwitz-Birkenau’s layout, deportation process and killing system.

Copies circulated through Jewish networks, diplomats and Allied governments during the Hungarian deportations.

The report contributed to international pressure, but no responsible account should claim that one person or document alone stopped deportations.

Vrba later became a scientist and a prominent witness.

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