A 'strange, brave and bracing story'. * Canberra Times * 'A remarkable story'. * De Telegraaf (Holland) * 'An admirable story'. * Periodista digital (Spain) * An astonishing heroic tale of a steady character. * Judische Zeitung (Germany) * 'Exceptional'. * Morgenpost (Germany) * What starts as an act of reportage then becomes a moving and ultimately triumphant story of survival. * Belfast Telegraph * THE MAN WHO BROKE INTO AUSCHWITZ will take your breath away. * La revista de Ana Rosa (Spain) * This is the incredible story of British soldier Denis Avey who broke into Auschwitz to uncover the horrors that were concealed there by the Nazis...This is a brutal account of what he experienced. There are some who doubt his story but don't let that ruin this extraordinary book. * Press Association * A unique war story from a brave man. * Kirkus * an excellent memoir of survival. * Publishers Weekly * 'This is the most amazing Holocaust memoir it's been my good fortune to read...this is a beautiful, uplifting book about a real ben adom, a mensch, who saw evil and, instead of averting his eyes, did what he could to help the victims'. * Washington Jewish Week * Denis is a hero in time of terror, a man of limitless moral and physical courage. * Henry Kamm, New York Times correspondent and Pulitzer Prize winner * This memoir is an important contribution to a terrible chapter in history. * Daily Express * This is a most important book, and a timely reminder of the dangers that face any society once intolerance and racism take hold. * Sir Martin Gilbert *

Denis Avey was born in Essex in 1919. He fought in the desert during the Second World War and was captured and held as a Prisoner of War in a camp near Auschwitz III. In 2010 he received a British Hero of the Holocaust award. Rob Broomby is a British Affairs correspondent for the BBC World Service. He was formerly the BBC Berlin correspondent and has worked as a broadcast journalist mainly with BBC Radio for more than twenty years.