{"product_id":"9780061728617","title":"Clara's War : One Girl's Story of Survival","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eClara's War\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Clara Kramer, Stephen Glantz\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn the classic vein of \u003cem\u003eThe Diary of Anne Frank\u003c\/em\u003e—a heart-wrenching and inspiring story of a life lived in fear and cramped quarters—\u003cem\u003eClara’s War\u003c\/em\u003e is a true story of the Holocaust.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCara Kramer was a typical Polish-Jewish teenager from a small town at the outbreak of the Second World War. When the Germans invaded, Clara's family was taken in by the Becks, a \u003cem\u003eVolksdeutsche\u003c\/em\u003e (ethnically German) family from their town. Mrs. Beck worked as Clara's family's housekeeper. Mr. Beck was known to be an alcoholic, a womanizer, and a vocal anti-Semite. But on hearing that Jewish families were being led into the woods and shot, Beck sheltered the Kramers and two other Jewish families.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEighteen people in all lived in a bunker dug out of the Becks' basement. Fifteen-year-old Clara kept a diary during the twenty terrifying months she spent in hiding, writing down details of their unpredictable life—from the house's catching fire to Mr. Beck's affair with Clara's neighbor; from the nightly SS drinking sessions in the room above to the small pleasure of a shared Christmas carp. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAgainst all odds, Clara lived to tell her story, and her diary is now part of the permanent col-lection of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e“This vividly detailed and taut narrative is a fitting tribute to the bravery of victims and righteous gentiles alike.”\u003cbr\u003e“A superlative memoir of survival. . . . Few wartime memoirs convey with such harrowing immediacy the evil of the Nazi genocide. . . . Her book is a model documentary.”\u003cbr\u003e“Utterly compelling. At times, the tension is as high as in any thriller designed to stop your heart.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780061728617\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Ecco","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":41042430623950,"sku":"9780061728617","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/9780061728617.jpg?v=1647918140","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780061728617","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}