A young reader's edition of The Volunteer- Jack Fairweather's Costa Book of the Year 2020.An extraordinary, eye-opening account of the Holocaust.Occupied Warsaw, Summer 1940: Witold Pilecki,a Polish underground operative, accepted a missionto uncover the fate of thousands interned at a new concentrationcamp, report on Nazi crimes, raise a secret army and stage anuprising. The name of the camp - Auschwitz.Over the next two and half years, and under the cruellest of conditions,Pilecki's underground sabotaged facilities, assassinatedNazi officers and gathered evidence of terrifying abuse and massmurder.But as he pieced together the horrifying Nazi plansto exterminate Europe's Jews, Pilecki realized he would haveto risk his men, his life and his family to warn the West beforeall was lost. To do so meant attempting the impossible– but first he would have to escape fromAuschwitz itself... For children aged 12 and up.Written from exclusive access to previously hidden diaries, familyand camp survivor accounts, and recently declassified files.Critically acclaimed and award-winning journalist Jack Fairweatherbrilliantly portrays the remarkable man who volunteered toface the unknown.This extraordinary and eye-opening account of the Holocaust invitesus all to bear witness.
