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Rudolf Vrba’s birth name Walter Rosenberg, he was born in Topolcany, Czechoslovakia on September 11, 1924. His parents were Elias Rosenberg and Helena Grunfeldova. On June 14, 1942, he was deported to Majdanek and he met his brother “Sammy”, who was later murdered.

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Vrba worked as a builder's labourer then after given an opportunity to work in the fields he saw it as an escape plan and took the job.

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After being "duped" into volunteering for what was represented as a "Work Farm" assignment he was transferred to Auschwitz on June 30, 1942. Later after being transferred to Birkenau he had the number 44070 tattooed on his arm. Rudolf met a friendly prisoner named Alfred Wetzler and they tried to escape together. After escaping together with the help of other prisoners underground on April 24, 1944, Rudolf and Alfred met up with the Jewish Council.

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After Vrba escaped he lived in Israel for a while and then England. Later he moved to Canada in the 70's to become a professor of pharmacology at the University of British Columbia.

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Vrba married Gerta Vrbova in 1947. He had three kids, their names were Helena Zuzana and Vrbova. His daughter Vrbova was the daughter of his second wife Robin.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWkcXfcNXvw

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https://www.hmd.org.uk/resource/rudolf-vrba/

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Holocaust Memorial Day Trust | Rudolf Vrba

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Rudolf Vrba escaped from Auschwitz-Birkenau so he could warn Hungarian Jews about their imminent extermination.