{"product_id":"in-my-hands-memories-of-a-holocaust-rescuer-9780553538847-b","title":"In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Irene Gut Opdyke\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Ember\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Ember\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Biography \u0026amp; Autobiography - Historical\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"No matter how many Holocaust stories one has read, this one is a must, for its impact is so powerful.\"--\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal, \u003c\/i\u003e starred\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eI did not ask myself, \"Should I do this?\" but \"How will I do this?\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough this intimate and compelling memoir, we are witness to the growth of a hero. Much like The Diary of Anne Frank, \u003ci\u003eIn My Hands \u003c\/i\u003ehas become a profound testament to individual courage. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eYou must understand that I did not become a resistance fighter, a smuggler of Jews, a defierof the SS and the Nazis, all at once.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen the war began, Irene Gut was just seventeen: a student nurse, a Polish patriot, a good Catholic girl. Forced to work in a German officiers' dining hall, she learns how to fight back. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eOne's first steps are always small: I had begun by hiding food under a fence.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIrene eavesdropped on the German's plans. She smuggled people out of the work camp. And she hid twelve Jews in the basement of a Nazi major's home. To deliver her friends from evil, this young woman did whatever it took--even the impossible.","brand":"Ember","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45018767818903,"sku":"9780553538847","price":866.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780553538847.webp?v=1767633352","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/in-my-hands-memories-of-a-holocaust-rescuer-9780553538847-b","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}