Jack Fairweather

"En enastående bok om en enastående man" – The Telegraph När Nürnbergrättegångarna avslutades 1946 dömdes flera av historiens största nazistförbrytare till döden. Men även efter rättegången förblev hundratusentals kollaboratörer på fri fot. Det ville Fritz Bauer, åklagare och homosexuell jude från Tyskland, ändra på. Efter att ha levt i exil i Danmark och Sverige återvände Bauer till hemlandet efter kriget, fast besluten att tvinga sina landsmän att konfrontera sin mörka historia. I denna välresearchade bok berättar journalisten och författaren Jack Fairweather historien om åklagaren Bauers juridiska strid med nazistiska krigsförbrytare – något som även kom att bli en strid mot ett Tyskland som bestämt sig för att begrava det förflutna. Det är berättelsen om en man som satte sig själv åt sidan i kampen för rättvisa, i ett försök att få förövarna av Förintelsen avslöjade och ställda inför rätta – inklusive en av huvudarkitekterna bakom Auschwitz, Adolf Eichmann. Med utgångspunkt i nyligen avklassificerade historiska dokument och exklusiva intervjuer med nyckelpersoner erbjuder Fairweather en unik inblick i efterkrigstidens Västtyskland. Åklagaren är ett svidande porträtt av en nation som reste sig ur fascismens ruiner, och berättelsen om en man som ägnade sitt liv åt att få sitt folk – och världen – att möta sanningen.

La incre ble historia real de Witold Pilecki, el nico hombre que entr en Auschwitz por decisi n propia para sabotear el campo desde dentro y conseguir informaci n. Esta es la incre ble historia real de la infiltraci n de un h roe de la resistencia polaca que entr en Auschwitz voluntariamente para sabotear el campo desde dentro, y su intento de desafiar a la muerte para advertir a los aliados sobre los planes de los nazis de llevar a cabo la Soluci n final antes de que fuera demasiado tarde. Para descubrir el destino de los miles de enterrados en un misterioso campamento nazi en la frontera del Reich, un luchador de la resistencia polaco de treinta y nueve a os llamado Witold Pilecki se ofreci como voluntario para una misi n audaz: asumir una identidad falsa, ser capturado intencionalmente y enviado al nuevo campamento, y luego informar secretamente sobre lo que le hab a sucedido a sus compatriotas all . Pero recopilar informaci n no era su nica tarea: deb a ejecutar un ataque desde adentro, all donde los alemanes menos lo esperar an. El nombre del campo era Auschwitz. Durante los siguientes dos a os y medio, Pilecki forj un ej rcito clandestino dentro de Auschwitz que sabote instalaciones, asesin a informantes y oficiales nazis, y reuni pruebas de abusos terror ficos y asesinatos en masa. Pero mientras reconstru a la horrible verdad de que el campamento se convertir a en el epicentro de los planes nazis para exterminar a los jud os de Europa, Pilecki se dio cuenta de que tendr a que poner en riesgo a sus hombres, su vida y su familia para advertir a Occidente antes de que todo se perdiera. Hacerlo significaba intentar lo imposible: escapar de Auschwitz. Completamente eliminado de cualquier registro hist rico por parte del gobierno comunista de posguerra de Polonia, Pilecki sigue siendo casi desconocido para el mundo. Ahora, con acceso exclusivo a diarios previamente ocultos, cuentas de familiares y sobrevivientes de campamentos, y archivos recientemente desclasificados, Jack Fairweather ofrece un documento inquebrantable de supervivencia, venganza y traici n en la hora m s oscura de la humanidad. Y al descubrir el tr gico resultado de la misi n de Pilecki, revela, asimismo, que su derrota final no se origin en Auschwitz o Berl n, sino en Londres y Washington. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION The story of Witold Pilecki, a Polish man's efforts to destroy the Nazi camp from within and escape to warn the Allies of the Final Solution before it was too late. The incredible true story of a Polish resistance fighter's infiltration of Auschwitz to sabotage the camp from within, and his death-defying attempt to warn the Allies about the Nazis' plans for a "Final Solution" before it was too late. To uncover the fate of the thousands being interred at a mysterious Nazi camp on the border of the Reich, a thirty-nine-year-old Polish resistance fighter named Witold Pilecki volunteered for an audacious mission: assume a fake identity, intentionally get captured and sent to the new camp, and then report back to the underground on what had happened to his compatriots there. But gathering information was not his only task: he was to execute an attack from inside--where the Germans would least expect it. The name of the camp was Auschwitz. Over the next two and half years, Pilecki forged an underground army within Auschwitz that sabotaged facilities, assassinated Nazi informants and officers, and gathered evidence of terrifying abuse and mass murder. But as he pieced together the horrifying truth that the camp was to become the epicenter of Nazi plans to exterminate Europe's Jews, Pilecki realized he would have to risk his men, his life, and his family to warn the West before all was lost. To do so, meant attempting the impossible--an escape from Auschwitz itself. Completely erased from the historical record by Poland's post-war Communist government, Pilecki remains almost unknown to the world. Now, with exclusive access to previously hidden diaries, family and camp survivor accounts, and recently declassified files, Jack Fairweather offers an unflinching portrayal of survival, revenge and betrayal in mankind's darkest hour. And in uncovering the tragic outcome of Pilecki's mission, he reveals that its ultimate defeat originated not in Auschwitz or Berlin, but in London and Washington.

THE NEW BOOK FROM THE BESTSELLING, COSTA PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF THE VOLUNTEERThe true story of a Jewish lawyer who returned to Germany after WWII to prosecute war crimes, only to find himself pitted against a nation determined to bury the past. At the end of the Nuremberg trial in 1946, some of the greatest war criminals in history were sentenced to death, but hundreds of thousands of Nazi murderers and collaborators remained at large. The Allies were ready to overlook their pasts as the Cold War began, and the horrors of the Holocaust were in danger of being forgotten. In The Prosecutor, Jack Fairweather brings to life the remarkable story of Fritz Bauer, a gay German Jew who survived the Nazis and made it his mission to force his countrymen to confront their complicity in the genocide. In this deeply researched book, Fairweather draws on unpublished family papers, newly declassified German records, and exclusive interviews to immerse readers in the dark, unfamiliar world of postwar West Germany where those who implemented genocide run the country, the CIA is funding Hitler’s former spy-ring in the east, and Nazi-era anti-gay laws are strictly enforced. But once Bauer lands on the trail of Adolf Eichmann, he won’t be intimidated. His journey takes him deep into the rotten heart of West Germany, where his fight for justice will set him against his own government and a network of former Nazis and spies determined to silence him. In a time when the history of the Holocaust is taken for granted, The Prosecutor reveals the courtroom battles that were fought to establish its legacy and the personal cost of speaking out. The result is a searing portrait of a nation emerging from the ruins of fascism and one man’s courage in forcing his people––and the world––to face the truth.

From the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of The Volunteer, the powerful true story of a Jewish lawyer who returned to Germany after World War II to prosecute war crimes, only to find himself pitted against a nation determined to bury the past. At the end of the Nuremberg trial in 1946, some of the greatest war criminals in history were sentenced to death, but hundreds of thousands of Nazi murderers and collaborators remained at large. The Allies were ready to overlook their pasts as the Cold War began, and the horrors of the Holocaust were in danger of being forgotten. In The Prosecutor, Jack Fairweather brings to life the remarkable story of Fritz Bauer, a gay, Jewish judge from Stuttgart who survived the Nazis and made it his mission to force his countrymen to confront their complicity in the genocide. In this deeply researched book, Fairweather draws on unpublished family papers, newly declassified German records, and exclusive interviews to immerse readers in the shadowy, unfamiliar world of postwar West Germany where those who implemented genocide run the country, the CIA is funding Hitler's former spy-ring in the east, and Nazi-era anti-gay laws are strictly enforced. But once Bauer landed on the trail of Adolf Eichmann, he wouldn't be intimidated. His journey took him deep into the dark heart of West Germany, where his fight for justice would set him against his own government and a network of former Nazis and spies bent on silencing him. In a time when the history of the Holocaust is taken for granted, The Prosecutor reveals the courtroom battles that were fought to establish its legacy and the personal cost of speaking out. The result is a searing portrait of a nation emerging from the ruins of fascism and one man's courage in forcing his people--and the world--to face the truth.

Kuidas võidelda kirjeldamatu õudusega? See seni jutustamata lugu räägib Teise maailmasõja suurtest kangelastest. Suvel 1940, pärast seda, kui Natsi-Saksamaa okupeeris Poola, võttis põrandaaluse liikumise liige Witold Pileki vastu raske otsuse. Selle eesmärk oli tuua päevavalgele, mis juhtus tuhandete inimestega, kes olid viidud Reichi piiril asuvasse Auschwitzi koonduslaagrisse. Tema ülesanne oli saata laagrist välja informatsiooni natside kuritegude kohta ja panna ülestõusu korraldamiseks kokku salajane armee. Alles pärast laagrisse jõudmist, mõistis Witold, millisesse õudusunenäkku ta on sattunud. Kahe ja poole aastaga smugeldati laagrist, kus tapeti üle miljoni inimese, Witoldi juhtimise all läände sadu tõendeid natside toimepandud julmuste kohta. Jack Fairweatheri raamat "Vabatahtlik" on esimene ülevaade Witold Pileki hämmastavast teekonnast, mil ta päästis tuhandeid inimesi. Uurimus põhineb paljudel seni avaldamata arhiivimaterjalidel ja isiklikel mälestustel. See on haarav jutustus vastupanust, meelekindlusest ja kangelaslikkusest Euroopa ajaloo kõige kohutavamatel aastatel. See on lugu mehest, kes tahtis muuta ajaloo kulgu. Jack Fairweather on töötanud Washington Postis ja Daily Telegraphis, kus ta juhtis Bagdadi ja Pärsia lahe bürood. Iraagi sõja aegsete reportaazhide eest sai ta Briti ajakirjandusauhinna. Peale "Vabatahtliku" on ta kirjutanud veel raamatud " A War of Choice" ja "The Good War".

With exclusive access to previously hidden diaries, family and camp survivor accounts, and recently declassified files, critically acclaimed and award-winning journalist Jack Fairweather brilliantly portrays the remarkable man who volunteered to face the unknown in the name of truth and country. This extraordinary and eye-opening account of the Holocaust invites us all to bear witness. Occupied Warsaw, Summer 1940: Witold Pilecki, a Polish underground operative, accepted a mission to uncover the fate of thousands interned at a new concentration camp, report on Nazi crimes, raise a secret army, and stage an uprising. The name of the camp -- Auschwitz. Over the next two and half years, and under the cruellest of conditions, Pilecki's underground sabotaged facilities, assassinated Nazi officers, and gathered evidence of terrifying abuse and mass murder. But as he pieced together the horrifying Nazi plans to exterminate Europe's Jews, Pilecki realized he would have to risk his men, his life, and his family to warn the West before all was lost. To do so meant attempting the impossible -- but first he would have to escape from Auschwitz itself...

Ainutkertainen tositarina kuolemanleiriltä. Urhean vastarintataistelijan henkeäsalpaava soluttautuminen Auschwitziin. Saksan miehitettyä Puolan toisen maailmansodan alussa Witold Pilecki vetäytyi monien muiden puolalaissotilaiden tavoin maan alle. Kesällä 1940 Pilecki otti vastaan uhkarohkean tehtävän ja soluttautui hiljattain perustetulle keskitysleirille selvittääkseen sinne koottujen maanmiestensä kohtalon. Pilecki järkyttyi näkemästään ja perusti leirille salaisen armeijan välittääkseen liittoutuneille tietoja natsien sotarikoksista. Hän vietti leirillä lopulta yli kaksi vuotta, ja Auschwitzin julmuudet alkoivat hiljalleen paljastua kaikessa kauheudessaan. Pileckin piti kuitenkin toteuttaa vielä yksi suunnitelma: paeta leiriltä. Jack Fairweather on walesilainen toimittaja-kirjailija, joka toimi sotakirjeenvaihtajana brittijoukkojen mukana Yhdysvaltain ja Ison-Britannian liittouman hyökätessä Irakiin vuonna 2003. Mies joka murtautui Auschwitziin voitti vuoden 2019 parhaan elämäkerran Costa Book Awardin, ja siitä on tekeillä elokuva.

An extraordinary, eye-opening account of the Holocaust. A new edition of Jack Fairweather's Costa Book of the Yearfor children aged 12 and up.

With exclusive access to previously hidden diaries, family and camp survivor accounts, and recently declassified files, critically acclaimed and award-winning journalist Jack Fairweather brilliantly portrays the remarkable man who volunteered to face the unknown in the name of truth and country. This extraordinary and eye-opening account of the Holocaust invites us all to bear witness. Occupied Warsaw, Summer 1940: Witold Pilecki, a Polish underground operative, accepted a mission to uncover the fate of thousands interned at a new concentration camp, report on Nazi crimes, raise a secret army, and stage an uprising. The name of the camp -- Auschwitz. Over the next two and half years, and under the cruellest of conditions, Pilecki's underground sabotaged facilities, assassinated Nazi officers, and gathered evidence of terrifying abuse and mass murder. But as he pieced together the horrifying Nazi plans to exterminate Europe's Jews, Pilecki realized he would have to risk his men, his life, and his family to warn the West before all was lost. To do so meant attempting the impossible -- but first he would have to escape from Auschwitz itself...

Historien om den polske motstandsmannen Witold Pilecki er så spektakulær og usannsynlig at den knapt er til å tro på. Det gjorde heller ikke den prisbelønte journalisten Jack Fairweather da han først hørte om Pilecki i 2011 - men det var før han begynte å lete i arkivene som har vært lukket av det polske kommunistregimet siden 1948. Da Polen ble invadert i 1939, vervet Witold Pilecki seg til den polske motstandsbevegelsen. En av deres metoder var å infiltrere tyskernes leirer og stasjoner, med tanke på både etterretning og sabotasje. Pilecki ble spurt om han kunne sørge for å bli arrestert av SS og sendt til konsentrasjonsleiren Auschwitz. Som straffange under de mest groteske omstendigheter klarte Pilecki i løpet av to og et halvt år å etablere en liten motstandsgruppe inne i leiren. Gjennom dette nettverket sendte han regelmessig ut rapporter om hva som foregikk, også til de allierte. Fairweathers utgangspunkt er funnet av disse i et arkiv i London, der det går fram at Pilecki var en av de første som konkret dokumenterte oppskaleringen av den industrielle jødeutryddelsen som fant sted i Auschwitz. Etter 1945 fortsatte Pilceki sin motstandskamp, men nå mot kommunistene og sovjetveldet. De nye styresmaktene sørget for at all informasjon om krigsinnsatsen hans ble lagt lokk på. Slik forsvant alle spor etter kanskje en av de aller største heltene under andre verdenskrig. Vinner av Costa Book Award: Book of the year 2019.

Vad får en man att frivilligt låta sig deporteras till nazisternas mest ökända förintelseläger? Frivillig i Auschwitz är den osannolika berättelsen om en av andra världskrigets okända hjältar. En man som mot alla odds lyckades skapa en underjordisk armé inne i lägret, och smuggla ut information om nazisternas illgärningar till de allierade. Tyvärr lyssnade inte omvärlden förrän det var försent. Journalisten och krigskorrespondenten Jack Fairweather har skrivit en grundlig, skakande och ohyggligt spännande berättelse om mänskligt mod som går utöver det vanliga."skriven med elegansen och tempot hos en första klassens thriller" The Guardian

The second edition of this educational book provides an updated resource on how best to discuss and manage acute and chronic presentations of renal diseases. All chapters have been reviewed and updated to reflect changes which directly affect clinical practice and new chapters have been added including Dialysis and Poisoning, Urinalysis/Microscopy and Renal Biopsy. Chapters now include information on key clinical trials for management strategiesAllowing for concise reading on specific topics this book acts as both a quick reference text and study guide. The layout has been designed in a question and answer format in order to promote self-directed learning. Images and diagrams have been further standardized and improved for the new edition and remain a key feature of the book. Clinical Companion in Nephrology, second edition, is an invaluable resource for junior doctors, medical students and renal nurses who encounter renal patients in their daily practice.

Ainutkertainen tositarina kuolemanleiriltä. Urhean vastarintataistelijan henkeäsalpaava soluttautuminen Auschwitziin. Saksan miehitettyä Puolan toisen maailmansodan alussa Witold Pilecki vetäytyi monien muiden puolalaissotilaiden tavoin maan alle. Kesällä 1940 Pilecki otti vastaan uhkarohkean tehtävän ja soluttautui hiljattain perustetulle keskitysleirille selvittääkseen sinne koottujen maanmiestensä kohtalon. Pilecki järkyttyi näkemästään ja perusti leirille salaisen armeijan välittääkseen liittoutuneille tietoja natsien sotarikoksista. Hän vietti leirillä lopulta yli kaksi vuotta, ja Auschwitzin julmuudet alkoivat hiljalleen paljastua kaikessa kauheudessaan. Pileckin piti kuitenkin toteuttaa vielä yksi suunnitelma: paeta leiriltä. Jack Fairweather on walesilainen toimittaja-kirjailija, joka toimi sotakirjeenvaihtajana brittijoukkojen mukana Yhdysvaltain ja Ison-Britannian liittouman hyökätessä Irakiin vuonna 2003. Mies joka murtautui Auschwitziin voitti vuoden 2019 parhaan elämäkerran Costa Book Awardin, ja siitä on tekeillä elokuva.

Sand, velfortalt og vanvittigt spændende historie om den polske modstandsmand, Witold Pilecki, der under 2. Verdenskrig frivilligt lod sig internere i udryddelseslejren Auschwitz. I lejren blev han på egen krop udsat for og vidne til nazisternes ufattelige grusomheder, og det lykkedes ham at skabe organiseret modstand blandt fangerne og smugle sine øjenvidneberetninger om nazisternes grusomheder ud til verden udenfor. Bogen er en beretning om en af Verdenskrigens ukendte helte og om troen på den menneskelige solidaritet og værdighed midt i ufattelig ondskab. Bogen modtog den prestigiøse Costa Award for sin grundige research og stærke page-turner kvalitet.

COSTA BOOK AWARD WINNER: BOOK OF THE YEAR - #1 SUNDAY TIMES (UK) BESTSELLER"Superbly written and breathtakingly researched, The Volunteer smuggles us into Auschwitz and shows us--as if watching a movie--the story of a Polish agent who infiltrated the infamous camp, organized a rebellion, and then snuck back out. ... Fairweather has dug up a story of incalculable value and delivered it to us in the most compelling prose I have read in a long time." --Sebastian Junger, author of The Perfect Storm and TribeThe incredible true story of a Polish resistance fighter's infiltration of Auschwitz to sabotage the camp from within, and his death-defying attempt to warn the Allies about the Nazis' plans for a "Final Solution" before it was too late. To uncover the fate of the thousands being interred at a mysterious Nazi camp on the border of the Reich, a thirty-nine-year-old Polish resistance fighter named Witold Pilecki volunteered for an audacious mission: assume a fake identity, intentionally get captured and sent to the new camp, and then report back to the underground on what had happened to his compatriots there. But gathering information was not his only task: he was to execute an attack from inside--where the Germans would least expect it. The name of the camp was Auschwitz. Over the next two and half years, Pilecki forged an underground army within Auschwitz that sabotaged facilities, assassinated Nazi informants and officers, and gathered evidence of terrifying abuse and mass murder. But as he pieced together the horrifying truth that the camp was to become the epicenter of Nazi plans to exterminate Europe's Jews, Pilecki realized he would have to risk his men, his life, and his family to warn the West before all was lost. To do so, meant attempting the impossible--an escape from Auschwitz itself. Completely erased from the historical record by Poland's post-war Communist government, Pilecki remains almost unknown to the world. Now, with exclusive access to previously hidden diaries, family and camp survivor accounts, and recently declassified files, Jack Fairweather offers an unflinching portrayal of survival, revenge and betrayal in mankind's darkest hour. And in uncovering the tragic outcome of Pilecki's mission, he reveals that its ultimate defeat originated not in Auschwitz or Berlin, but in London and Washington.

The second edition of this educational book provides an updated resource on how best to discuss and manage acute and chronic presentations of renal diseases. All chapters have been reviewed and updated to reflect changes which directly affect clinical practice and new chapters have been added including Dialysis and Poisoning, Urinalysis/Microscopy and Renal Biopsy. Chapters now include information on key clinical trials for management strategiesAllowing for concise reading on specific topics this book acts as both a quick reference text and study guide. The layout has been designed in a question and answer format in order to promote self-directed learning. Images and diagrams have been further standardized and improved for the new edition and remain a key feature of the book. Clinical Companion in Nephrology, second edition, is an invaluable resource for junior doctors, medical students and renal nurses who encounter renal patients in their daily practice.

Totally gripping ... fascinating, revelatory and surreal -- Simon Sebag Montefiore How do you keep fighting in the face of unimaginable horror? This is untold story of one of the greatest heroes of the Second World War. In the Summer of 1940, after the Nazi occupation of Poland, an underground operative called Witold Pilecki accepted a mission to uncover the fate of thousands of people being interred at a new concentration camp on the border of the Reich. His mission was to report on Nazi crimes and raise a secret army to stage an uprising. The name of the detention centre -- Auschwitz. It was only after arriving at the camp that he started to discover the Nazi's terrifying designs. Over the next two and half years, Witold forged an underground army that smuggled evidence of Nazi atrocities out of Auschwitz. His reports from the camp were to shape the Allies response to the Holocaust - yet his story was all but forgotten for decades. This is the first major account of his amazing journey, drawing on exclusive family papers and recently declassified files as well as unpublished accounts from the camp's fighters to show how he saved hundreds of thousands of lives. The result is a enthralling story of resistance and heroism against the most horrific circumstances, and one man's attempt to change the course of history.