The man who broke INTO Auschwitz

[byronic]

This is one of those stories that is so incredible that it has to be true. Could you imagine anyone actually smuggling himself in to Auschwitz, and if so, why? And who'd have thought that cigarettes could actually save lives?
It's an uplifting, inspiring tale:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8382457.stm

 

[Shangas]

"Reality is infinitely stranger than anything the mind of man could invent"

- Sherlock Holmes.

...Now this is some story...

 

[ukali1066]

I saw a piece on this on BBC late news last night....very moving

 

[GreyBadger]

I saw this too - amazing stuff. I wonder how often things like this happened, unreported and forgotten, during that time.