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A jaunty excursion about three convicts who are plotting their escape from Devil's Island. Fate intervenes when they hide out with kindly but inept Felix and his family. Based on a play by Albert Husson. Three convicts, Joseph, Albert and Jules, are plotting their escape from Devil's Island. Fate intervenes when they hide out with kindly but inept Felix and his family. Felix manages a store for his arrogant cousin Andre, who makes the fatal mistake...

2) Papillon

Author

Charrière, Henri

Publisher

Harper Perennial

Pub. Date

2006.

Language

English

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Spanish Springs Library - Adult Nonfiction - Biography Shelf
BIO CHARRIERE 2006
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Henri Charrière, called "Papillon," for the butterfly tattoo on his chest, was convicted in Paris in 1931 for a murder he did not commit. When he was sentenced to life imprisonment in the penal colony of French Guiana, one thought obsessed him: escape. After planning and executing a series of treacherous yet failed attempts over many years, "Papillon" was eventually sent to the notorious prison, Devil's Island, a place from which no one had ever...

3) I escaped from Auschwitz: the shocking true story of the World War II hero who escaped the Nazis and helped save over 200,000 Jews

Author

Vrba, Rudolf

Publisher

Racehorse Publishing

Pub. Date

[2020]

Language

English

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Northwest Reno Library - Adult Nonfiction - Holocaust Shelf
940.5318 VRBA 2020
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"The Stunning and Emotional Autobiography of an Auschwitz Survivor April 7, 1944-This date marks the successful escape of two Slovak prisoners from one of the most heavily-guarded and notorious concentration camps of Nazi Germany. The escapees, Rudolf Vrba and Alfred Wetzler, fled over one hundred miles to be the first to give the graphic and detailed descriptions of the atrocities of Auschwitz. Originally published in the early 1960s, I Escaped from...

4) The great escape

Author

Brickhill, Paul

Publisher

W.W. Norton

Pub. Date

[2004]

Language

English

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Northwest Reno Library - Adult Nonfiction
940.5472 BRICKH 2004
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"A tense, thrilling, fabulous tale." ―Philadelphia Inquirer They were American and British air force officers in a German prison camp. With only their bare hands and the crudest of homemade tools, they sank shafts, forged passports, faked weapons, and tailored German uniforms and civilian clothes. They developed a fantastic security system to protect themselves from German surveillance. It was a split-second operation as delicate and as deadly...