A stunning book a powerful investigation utterly compelling James Holland The Daily Telegraph Five stars Ponar Lithuania 1944 The Nazis have enslaved Jewish men to exhume and incinerate the bodies of more than 70 000 Jews previously shot to death in the forest Trapped in almost unimaginable horror a group develop an audacious escape plan Despite being guarded day and night they dig a tunnel with their bare hands Twelve men escape an act of great bravery and desperation as well as extraordinary imagination Based on first person accounts of the escapees and on every scrap of evidence that has been documented repressed or amplified since No Road Leading Back resurrects the lives of the twelve and their acts of witness as well as providing an urgent analysis of why their story has rarely been told and never accurately Author Chris Heath explores the cultural use and misuse of Holocaust testimony and the need for us to face uncomfortable historical truths with honesty and accuracy This shattering and inspiring true story of prisoners who dug their way out of torture and imprisonment by the Nazis is both a stunning escape narrative and an object lesson in how we remember and continually forget the particulars of the Holocaust
Ficha técnica
Editorial: Abacus
ISBN: 9780349136295
Idioma: Inglés
Número de páginas: 640
Tiempo de lectura:
13h 17m
Encuadernación: Tapa blanda
Fecha de lanzamiento: 04/09/2025
Año de edición: 2025
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Escrito por Chris Heath
Chris Heath es un periodista vinculado a la ya extinta revista musical Smash Hits durante buena parte de los ochenta y los noventa, medio en el que también colaboró Neil Tennant antes de embarcarse en los Pet Shop Boys. Heath conoció a Neil Tennant y Chris Lowe antes de que el grupo empezara a cosechar éxitos, y su buena relación le permitió que lo escogieran para dar cuenta de su primera gira internacional, que relató en "Pet Shop Boys, literalmente" (1990), y luego, de su primera gira norteamericana, que glosó en "Pet Shop Boys Versus America" (1993). Además, es el autor de dos libros sobre Robbie Williams, "Feel" (2004) y "Reveal" (2017).