<p>The man who broke into Auschwitz. When he was captured in France in 1940 Sergeant-Major Charles Coward launched his own private war against the Germans (although he was being held as a prisoner-of-war). For several years he was the most incredible amateur espionage and sabotage agent of World War Two, opposing the Nazis while sending back vital information to England. He escaped from captivity nine times and was, eventually, sent to Auschwitz III (a labour camp just five miles from Auschwitz II, the extermination camp). He carried guns and dynamite for the Polish underground movement, traded in dead bodies (by swapping the corpses of dead prisoners for Jewish prisoners, allowing the prisoners to escape) and, finally, he smuggled himself into Auschwitz where he witnessed the full horrors of the extermination camp. This is one of the most heroic and extraordinary stories of World War Two. Charles Coward fought the might of the Nazi army and won, his courage is testament to the indomitable human spirit facing overwhelming odds. At the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials Coward's testimony was sensational, allowing over 2,000 Auschwitz survivors to file lawsuits for compensations against their former oppressors.</p>

Password Is Courage

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BANTAM BOOKS

Here is one of the most extraordinary true stories of daring and heroism to emerge out of the Second World War.  When he was captured in France in 1940, Sergeant-Major Charles Coward launched his own private war.  For several incredible years he played a deadly game of bluff, while transmitting vital information back to England.  With the help of fellow prisoners, he carried guns and dynamite for Polish secret agents and organised the escape of four hundred prisoners from Auschwitz. Finally he smuggled himself into Auschwitz and mingled with its doomed inmates, until he was forced to flee from execution himself.

The Password Is Courage

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