Millions of people walked through Auschwitz’s gates,but she was the first woman who escaped. This powerful novel tells the inspiring true story of Mala Zimetbaumwhose heroism will never be forgottenand whose fate altered the course of history… Nobody leaves Auschwitz alive. Malainmate 19880understood that the moment she stepped off the cattle train into the depths of hell. As an interpreter for the SSshe uses her position to save as many lives as she cansmuggling scraps of bread to those desperate with hunger. Edwardinmate 531is a camp veteran and a political prisoner. Though he looks like everyone elsewith a shaved head and striped uniformhe’s a fighter in the underground Resistance. And he has an escape plan. They are locked up for no other sin than simply existing. But when they meetthe dark shadow of Auschwitz is lit by a glimmer of hope. Edward makes Mala believe in the impossible. That despite being surrounded by electric wiremachine guns topping endless watchtowers and searchlights roaming the groundthey will leave this death camp. A promise is made–they will escape together or they will die together. What follows is one of the greatest love stories in history…