{"product_id":"shedding-our-stars-the-story-of-hans-calmeyer-and-how-he-saved-thousands-of-families-like-mine-paperback","title":"Shedding Our Stars: The Story of Hans Calmeyer and How He Saved Thousands of Families Like Mine - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLaureen Nussbaum\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKaren Kirtley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring the German occupation of the Netherlands, 1940 to 1945, all Jews were ordered to register the religion of their grandparents. The \u003ci\u003eReichskommissar\u003c\/i\u003e appointed the young lawyer Hans Calmeyer to adjudicate \"doubtful cases.\" Calmeyer used his assignment to save at least 3,700 Jews from deportation and death, dwarfing the number saved by Schindler's famous rescue operation. Laureen Nussbaum--n?e Hannelore Klein--owes her life to this brave German official. In \u003ci\u003eShedding Our Stars\u003c\/i\u003e, she tells how Calmeyer declared her mother non-Jewish and deleted her and her family from the deportation lists, saving them from death. She goes on to interweave his story with her family's tale of survival, as well as with that of her boyfriend and, later, husband, Rudi Nussbaum. Since in Amsterdam the Kleins were close to the Franks, Anne Frank and her family also figure in book. Going beyond the liberation of the Netherlands to follow both Calmeyer's and the author's story to the end of their lives, \u003ci\u003eShedding Our Stars\u003c\/i\u003e is a story of courage in the darkest of times, and of the resilience of the human spirit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51758785265952,"sku":"9781631526367","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e8a47dd1654987f106839903bdb8d34b.webp?v=1780135456","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/shedding-our-stars-the-story-of-hans-calmeyer-and-how-he-saved-thousands-of-families-like-mine-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}