The British Pow Who Broke Into Auschwitz By Jake Wallis Simons
The article “The British PoW who broke into Auschwitz – and survived” by Jake Wallis Simons, in my opinion, was underwhelming and did not quite do justice to the actions taken by Denis Avery.
The issue I had with the article was the lack of detail in various parts of the story. For example, while Simons goes into extensive detail about Avery’s personality and actions to get into Auschwitz, he glosses over other parts, like the information that Avery received in the camp. Only a couple short paragraphs and a quote by Avery saying “they (the other prisoners) gave me all the details” are given to the audience about the camp itself. Perhaps Avery was not comfortable expanding on his story during the interview, or maybe Simons made an artistic
The issue I had with the article was the lack of detail in various parts of the story. For example, while Simons goes into extensive detail about Avery’s personality and actions to get into Auschwitz, he glosses over other parts, like the information that Avery received in the camp. Only a couple short paragraphs and a quote by Avery saying “they (the other prisoners) gave me all the details” are given to the audience about the camp itself. Perhaps Avery was not comfortable expanding on his story during the interview, or maybe Simons made an artistic