# The Auschwitz Escape

## Metadata
- Author: [[Joel C. Rosenberg]]
- Full Title: The Auschwitz Escape
- Category: #books
## Highlights
- Now Hitler is disarming us, and when we are completely defenseless, he will come for us, for all of us. Mark my words.” ([Location 772](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00E1O7EZK&location=772))
- He knew now his very life depended on it. Not the quality of his life, but whether he would live at all to see another day. ([Location 2046](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00E1O7EZK&location=2046))
- “I guess Heine was right.” “Who?” “Heinrich Heine.” “The poet?” “Yes.” “He was one of my father’s favorites,” Max said. “My father’s, too,” Jacob said. “So what did Heine say?” “‘Where books are burned, they will, in the end, burn people, too.’” ([Location 2504](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00E1O7EZK&location=2504))
- “My heart is not proud, nor my eyes haughty; nor do I involve myself in great matters, or in things too difficult for me.” ([Location 2664](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00E1O7EZK&location=2664))
- Luc stopped working, straightened up, and looked Jacob square in the eye. “Because, Jacob, my Savior is a Jew,” he replied. “A Jewish carpenter, come to think of it. The Bible teaches me to love the Jews. To bless the Jews. Haven’t you ever read the Abrahamic covenant? Didn’t God say that those who blessed the Jewish people he would bless, and those who cursed you he would curse?” “Of course I’ve read it,” Jacob said. “I just didn’t think the goyim did.” “Well, we do,” Luc said. “Some of us, at least. And anyway, if you ask me, the question shouldn’t be ‘Why are you, a Christian, here in a death camp, condemned for trying to save Jews?’ The real question is ‘Why aren’t all the Christians here?’” ([Location 3551](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00E1O7EZK&location=3551))
- “Lesson one: trust nobody,” Steinberger had insisted. “Lesson two: don’t be afraid of the Germans. There are many of them, but they can die just as quickly as anybody else. “Lesson three: once you’re out, don’t trust your legs; a bullet can always run faster. Don’t give them a chance to shoot. Rest by day; move by night. “Lesson four: carry no money. If you’re starving, you’ll be tempted to buy food. If you’ve got no money, you can’t. Live off the land. Keep away from people. “Lesson five: travel light. You’ll need a knife for hunting or for defending yourself or in case you’re about to be captured. Don’t let them take you alive. You’ll need matches because you’ll have to cook what you steal. You’ll need salt because with salt and potatoes you can keep going for months. You’ll need a watch so that you can time your journeys and make sure you’re never caught in the open by day. You can use it as a compass, too.” ([Location 4616](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00E1O7EZK&location=4616))