April 1944. A prisoner at Auschwitz, nineteen-year-old Walter Rosenberg (who would later change his name to Rudolf Vrba) had already experienced all the atrocities of the death camp: gas chambers, crematoria, and the brutality of the guards. Once he was assigned to check the belongings of new prisoners: women, men, children, entire families... Realizing that these things would never be needed by their owners, as they were executed immediately after they entered the camp, the boy was horrified. He decided to act. His goal was to escape, but not only for his own salvation, but also to reveal the truth about Auschwitz to the world and to warn the rest of the Jews about what fate awaits them at the end of the railway track. The young man began his training and memorized all the customs and routines of the concentration camp. He used this information to escape and create a detailed report to share with the world. Despite all the difficulties: snowy fields, icy rivers and wary villages, Walter and his fellow fugitive, Fred Wetzler, still delivered the first report about Auschwitz with information about the horrors that were inflicted on innocent people. But was the world, blinded by war, ready to hear the truth? This is a story about the struggle for human dignity and justice. About how a young boy tried to resist a soulless machine of destruction. It's also a study of human nature, showing how difficult it is for the world to hear the truth about terrible events, especially when that truth is uncomfortable or shocking.
