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Horrifying story of a hero of the death camp

The Man Who Broke Into Auschwitz, Denis Avey with Rob Broomby, Hodder & Stoughton

The chilling slogan at the entrance to Auschwitz III -- Arbeit Macht Frei (work will make you free) -- is ingrained on former English soldier Denis Avey’s memory, years after he disguised himself in the uniform of an inmate and sneaked into the infamous death camp.

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