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This excellent and mint-conditioned episode of History Daily originally aired on January 27th,

2022.

It's April 7th, 1944, and World War II rages across the globe.

But here in southern Poland, the Paul of Grey Mist hangs over the town of Osvietschem.

Since the Nazi occupation of Poland began in 1939, Osvietschem has been known by its German name,

made notorious by the concentration camp built nearby Auschwitz.

Inside the Auschwitz prison yard, an SS officer strives past rows of shivering inmates.

The officer suspects that two prisoners have escaped. As he conducts a headcount,

he barks out numbers. When the prisoners hear their numbers called, they step forward.

And once the roll call is complete, the SS officer turns to a squadron commander

and nod sharply. His suspicions were correct. Two prisoners are missing.

Soon, trucks loaded with armed SS guards thundered around the camp gates

as searchlights illuminate the surrounding countryside.

Snorling German shepherds are released into the twilight, their noses pressed to the ground.

Suddenly, one of the hounds splits from the pack. It bounds towards a wood pile,

located between the inner and outer perimeter fences. The hound begins sniffing at the wood.

Just an arm's length from where two prisoners are hiding, Walter Rosenberg and Alfred Wetzler,

both Slovakian Jews. Walter and Alfred hope the guards will not think to search for them

inside the Auschwitz compound. That's why they chose this hiding place.

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