Alan Twigg Book Launch
August 28th, 2025
Join Alan Twigg at the launch of Holocaust Hero: The Life and Times of Rudolf Vrba (Firefly Books, $29.95), a biography of one of Vancouver’s most courageous figures who was so little-heralded when he was alive.
The event takes place on Sunday, September 28 at 4 PM as part of the JCC Jewish Book Festival at 950 West 41st Ave in Vancouver.
Vrba’s 1944 escape from Auschwitz-Birkenau and subsequent co-authorship of the Vrba-Wetzler Report saved more than 200,000 Hungarian Jews, an act that World War II historian Sir Martin Gilbert described as unparalleled in its impact. In this richly detailed first volume of a larger biography project, Twigg—journalist, recipient of both the Order of Canada and the Order of BC, and founder of BC BookWorld—uncovers Vrba’s life as an escapee, partisan fighter, scientist and fearless truth-teller.
Based on five years of research, including family interviews and access to previously unseen archival material, Holocaust Hero sheds new light on Vrba’s iconoclastic life and legacy, as well as his sharp critiques of institutional silence.
Books will be available for purchase and the author will be signing.
Admission is free, registration required. Please register HERE.
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