Many characters in pieces of literature are characterized as strong, brave, and courageous. The Resistance of Auschwitz in the novel, The Librarian of Auschwitz, by Antonio Iturbe are unique in which they are quietly revolting against the Nazis. They are willing to run schools, read books, and break many of the rules imposed by the villainous Nazis. Most of them are not afraid of death anymore. One man in particular, though, takes resisting the Nazis to an extreme level. In The Librarian of Auschwitz, Iturbe characterizes Rudi Rosenberg as a strong, defiant young man who uses his anger towards the Nazis and his horrific experience of Auschwitz to inform the Western world of what the Nazis really do towards Jews in Concentration Camps.
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His decision came after SS guard Viktor Pestek and Siegfried Lederer escaped not long before. SS guards were searching for them, and Rudi realized that this confusion was the perfect time for their escape. Rudi escapes with his friend, Fred, and their goal is not an easy task. They have to walk for 120 miles to the Slovakian border through the treacherous forest with “traps: shrubs that scratch them, branches that whack them, foliage that drenches them” at night (Iturbe 313). This is nearly an impossible task, and Rudi is brave enough to escape Auschwitz and risk his life. He is willing to overcome these obstacles in the forest to avenge Alice’s death. His most significant act of bravery occured when he decided “to ensure that the world knows what’s really going on inside the Third Reich…. The extermination of an entire race” (Iturbe 322). He has decided to inform the world about what happened to Alice, Fredy, and millions of other Jews. His bravery allowed him to completely change the way the Allied Forces thought about Germany. On April 25, 1944, Rudi and Fred spoke to Dr. Oscar Neumann, the representative of the Slovakian Jews, about what the Germans have done to his fellow Jews. Because he was a registrar, “Rudi was able to dictate a report full of chilling statistics” (Iturbe 322). He described the ways the Germans murdered Jews in detail and the other cruel ways Germans enslaved and tortured Jews. After all his bravery of escaping Auschwitz, Rudi is finally able to finish the final part of his mission to inform the world of the horrors of Auschwitz and all the other concentration camps and ghettos. His bravery has rewarded him with freedom and changing the world’s point of view towards the
His decision came after SS guard Viktor Pestek and Siegfried Lederer escaped not long before. SS guards were searching for them, and Rudi realized that this confusion was the perfect time for their escape. Rudi escapes with his friend, Fred, and their goal is not an easy task. They have to walk for 120 miles to the Slovakian border through the treacherous forest with “traps: shrubs that scratch them, branches that whack them, foliage that drenches them” at night (Iturbe 313). This is nearly an impossible task, and Rudi is brave enough to escape Auschwitz and risk his life. He is willing to overcome these obstacles in the forest to avenge Alice’s death. His most significant act of bravery occured when he decided “to ensure that the world knows what’s really going on inside the Third Reich…. The extermination of an entire race” (Iturbe 322). He has decided to inform the world about what happened to Alice, Fredy, and millions of other Jews. His bravery allowed him to completely change the way the Allied Forces thought about Germany. On April 25, 1944, Rudi and Fred spoke to Dr. Oscar Neumann, the representative of the Slovakian Jews, about what the Germans have done to his fellow Jews. Because he was a registrar, “Rudi was able to dictate a report full of chilling statistics” (Iturbe 322). He described the ways the Germans murdered Jews in detail and the other cruel ways Germans enslaved and tortured Jews. After all his bravery of escaping Auschwitz, Rudi is finally able to finish the final part of his mission to inform the world of the horrors of Auschwitz and all the other concentration camps and ghettos. His bravery has rewarded him with freedom and changing the world’s point of view towards the