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Born in Czechoslovakia on September 11, 1924. At 15, Vrba was excluded from the high school of Bratislava under the Numbreg anti-Jewish laws. Not long after, he was deported to the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.

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An image of above the concentration camp Vrba had escaped.

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Of the laws, he ripped the yellow Star Of David off his clothes and left his home in a taxi, heading for Britain and Hungary. He and his friend, Alfred Weltzer, escaped Auschwitz II at 20:33 on April 10, 1944, and began to walk South to Slovakia, 80 miles away.

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Escaped from Auschwitz-Birkenau so he could warn Hungarian Jews of their imminent extermination, when he learned of the plans that the Germans had for them.

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“It was particularly urgent because I knew that all was prepared for the murder of a million Jews from Hungary. And because it was close to Slovakia, I thought it would be possible to give the warning,”

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https://youtu.be/PJT-lu2h404

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The harrowing story of Auschwitz-Birkenau | WARNING: contains camp footage

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Group of Hungarian Jews entering death camps

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Group of Hungarian Jews entering death camps

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437,000 Jews didn’t get reached, and were murdered n gas chambers, but Vrba did make it to Switzerland, where it was published in the press. By June 1944 British and American media were reporting the reality of the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp. World leaders made direct reports to the Hungarian Government to stop the deportation of Jews. The deportations were halted on 9 July. This infuriated Hitler.