Jerzy Tabeau was only a teenager when he was imprisoned in Auschwitz. He was not a soldier, not a spy—just a young man swallowed by the machinery of extermination. What he witnessed inside the camp would haunt him for the rest of his life: starvation, brutality, medical experiments, and the systematic murder of thousands.

But Jerzy did something almost impossible.

In 1943, he escaped Auschwitz.

This episode follows Jerzy’s harrowing flight through occupied Poland, his narrow survival outside the camp, and the written report he helped deliver to the world—one of the earliest, most detailed eyewitness accounts of Auschwitz’s horrors. A warning that was almost too horrific to believe… and largely ignored.

This is a story about terror, courage, and the unbearable weight of truth.

Content warning: This episode contains descriptions of concentration camp violence, starvation, and death.

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Sources:

• Polish Major’s Report (Jerzy Tabeau) – Auschwitz eyewitness account
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_Major%27s_Report

• Jerzy Tabeau biography & role in early Auschwitz reports
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerzy_Tabeau

• Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial & Museum – Prisoner escapes and resistance
  https://www.auschwitz.org/en/history/prisoners/escapes/

• Auschwitz escape reports and underground resistance
  https://www.auschwitz.org/en/history/resistance/

• Holocaust Research Project – Auschwitz escape testimonies
  http://www.holocaustresearchproject.org/holoprelude/auschwitzescape.html

• Jewish Virtual Library – Auschwitz escape attempts
  https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/auschwitz-escapes