The Man Who Broke Into Auschwitz is the title of an autobiographical book by, who is a recipient of a award. The book was written together with Rob Broomby and published by in 2011. It carries a foreword. The novelist James Long assisted with research and helped to edit and structure the manuscript. However, since its publication, the book has become a subject of considerable controversy.
The head historian at Auschwitz, who conducted his own research, which was confirmed by other historians, Auschwitz former prisoners, and Jewish organisations, came to the conclusion that at least some parts of the story seem highly unlikely and probably never happened. Contents.Book synopsis Denis Avey relates his wartime service and how he came to be held prisoner in E715A, a camp for Allied Prisoners of War adjacent to. He describes how he exchanged uniforms with a Jewish inmate of Auschwitz III in order to enter this camp to discover more about conditions there, with a view to reporting these to the authorities after the war. He also relates how he smuggled cigarettes to another Jewish inmate Ernst Lobethal, having obtained these from Lobethal’s sister in Britain. He was convinced that Ernst had died by early 1945, because he could not have survived the death marches when the camp was evacuated. He also said that after the war the authorities were not interested in his story and he kept silence for more than half a century. Eventually he did begin to disclose his story and it came to the attention of the BBC.
Rob Broomby was able to trace Lobethal’s sister Susanne and her son had a copy of a video recording which her brother before his death had made for the in which he describes how a British POW known as 'Ginger' smuggled the cigarettes to him and how these saved his life by enabling him to exchange them for food and to have new soles put on his boots which enabled him to survive the death march.Controversy. See also:The World Jewish Congress asked the publisher to have the book verified. Questions have also been raised by British writer, as to whether Avey actually managed to 'smuggle himself' into Auschwitz. Walters pointed out that some time earlier also claimed to have smuggled himself into Auschwitz III by means of an exchange, and that this was the subject of a book titled The Password is Courage where Coward was billed on the back cover as 'The Man who Broke into Auschwitz'. For the paperback edition of Avey's book the publishers issued 'notes on sources' by Broomby and Long, responding to some of the questions raised, available on the publisher's website. However, Avey's application for the 'Righteous Among the Nations' award was turned down by because his story could not be substantiated. Dr., head of research at the told that he does not think the swap described in the book ever happened.
Ernst Lobethal
Setkiewicz added that Avey's description of Auschwitz III does not conform to known facts about it, beginning with the 'Arbeit Macht Frei' sign upon its entrance, which almost certainly did not exist. See also. memoir written byReferences.
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