It was the difference between life and horrific certain death - a decision to use urine from latrine bucket as part of an escape plan, which helped save Leo Bretholz’s life. Bretholz was one of many on a guarded train packed with Jews, which left Paris and for Auschwitz on November 5, 1943. With the latrine overflowing and located in the middle of the floor on the railway cattle wagon headed for the death camp in Nazi occupied Poland, Bretholz used its contents to help him jump from the train, the Independent reported. He was one of at least 764 people who escaped the Holocaust by leaping from trains, a surprising  figure drawn from new research.
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Around 764 Jews jumped from Nazi trains, according to new research
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Some passengers were angry at escapees due to fears for their own safety
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Escapees were torn between leaving someone behind and survival
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True scale of those who escaped has been revealed for first time
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