{"product_id":"miracle-the-boys-who-escaped-the-gas-chamber-in-auschwitz-michael-calvin-with-naftali-schiff","title":"Miracle The Boys Who Escaped the Gas Chamber in Auschwitz  Michael Calvin with Naftali Schiff","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn unforgettable testament to hope and the bonds of brotherhood,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMiracle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ereveals the untold story of the boys who escaped the gas chamber in Auschwitz, the only known group of Holocaust survivors to walk away from the jaws of the Nazi killing machine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'A dramatic, poignant and astonishing untold story of the Holocaust.' SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'The remarkable story of a unique event - the reprieve of 51 Hungarian Jewish teenagers already naked and trapped inside the gas chambers.' PROFESSOR ROBERT JAN VAN PELT\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn unforgettable testament to hope and the bonds of brotherhood,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMiracle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ereveals the untold story of the boys who escaped the gas chamber in Auschwitz, the only known group of Holocaust survivors to walk away from the jaws of the Nazi killing machine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEarly on the morning of October 10, 1944, eight-hundred boys, aged between 13 and 17, were taken out of Block 11 at Auschwitz. The night before, during a visit by Dr Josef Mengele, their identification cards had been stamped with a solitary German word –\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003egestorben\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e– 'died' in English. They were then marched by 25 bayonet-wielding SS men to Crematorium 5, stripped, and herded into a gas chamber.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book is the story of a true-life miracle of the fifty-one boys who were pulled from that gas chamber – the only Holocaust survivors known to have escaped such a close brush with the Nazi killing machine – and given a second chance at life. A life, of course, that would be so horrifically snatched from those around them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBased on the first-hand testimonies of six of the boys, six survivors whose stories are shared in this book for the very first time,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMiracle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003einterweaves the lives of the boys and the grander sweep of history in which they were held. The result is an unforgettable tale of hope, faith and fortitude in the face of one of the worst crimes against humanity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52653082935585,"sku":"9780857507907","price":38.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0709\/9285\/5329\/files\/9780857507907.jpg?v=1778190160","url":"https:\/\/papertree.co.nz\/products\/miracle-the-boys-who-escaped-the-gas-chamber-in-auschwitz-michael-calvin-with-naftali-schiff","provider":"PaperTree","version":"1.0","type":"link"}