"Escaping Heli" is the compelling and true story of a heroic young Polish officer who survived the terror of five years in the prisons of Auschwitz and Buchenwald—where violence was meaningłess because human lite nad lost all value.During World War II, Kon Piekarski was a member of the Polish Underground Army, a clandestine resistance movement which operated even inside Auschwitz—organizing spectacular escapes, operating a secret radio network and matching wits with the Gestapo.After Auschwitz, Piekarski became a prisoner of war at Buchenwald, and spent time workinginafactorywhereRussianprisonersofwarwereusedforlabour. In the face of constant danger, he and his comrades took every possible opportunity to sabotage the German war industry. He was flnaily transferred to a smali camp near the French border, and escaped three months before the end of the war.After the war, Kon Piekarski was educated at London and Iowa State Universities. He obtained his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Biomechanical Engineenng from Cambridge. In 1951 he immigrated to Canada and is now a semi-retired professor at the University of Waterloo.