the £30,000 prize was awarded to the former war correspondent, jack fairweather for his biography, thengratulations. thank you so much. nobody knew about this story, how did you find out? it's remarkable, in september 1940 a polish resista nce in september 1940 a polish resistance fighter accepted an almost unthinkable mission to get himself arrested and sent to auschwitz and tell the world about what was happening in the camp. it floored me when i heard about that story, i had been a war reporter in iraq and afghanistan and was a bit jaded by my experiences covering those wars then i heard about this man, i heard about his story. the idea that in that dark place where the worst acts of evil took place, there could be someone fighting back floored me. he goes into auschwitz not only to let the outside world know the horrors of what's going on, he actually formed something of a resista nce he actually formed something of a resistance within it. it's incredible, for 2.5 years he was in the camp, not just incredible, for 2.5 years he was in the camp, notjust surviving but building upa the