{"product_id":"treblinka-paperback","title":"Treblinka - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJean-Francois Steiner\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSimone de Beauvoir\u003c\/b\u003e (Preface by), \u003cb\u003eTerrence Des Pres\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe inspiring true story of the 600 Jews who revolted against their captors and burned a Nazi death camp to the ground.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNearly a million Jews were consumed by the ovens of Treblinka before August 2, 1943. On that day 600 prisoners armed with stolen guns and grenades attacked the Nazi guards, burned the camp, and fled into the nearby Polish forests. Of these, forty survived to bear witness to man's courage in the face of the greatest evil human history has produced. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eTreblinka \u003c\/i\u003eis a tale, not of defeat, but of triumph; not of extermination, but of vindication and transcendence...an answer to the Sabras' unbearable, ferocious, and unforgiving question to their elders: how could it have happened? How could the Jews of Europe have gone to their slaughter like six million lambs?\"--\u003ci\u003eNew York Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJean-François Steiner \u003c\/b\u003eis a writer and academic renowned for his nonfictional novel \u003ci\u003eTreblinka: The Revolt of an Extermination Camp\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSimone de Beauvoir\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Paris in 1908. In 1929 she became the youngest person ever to obtain the \u003ci\u003eagrégation\u003c\/i\u003e in philosophy at the Sorbonne, placing second on the exam to Jean-Paul Sartre. de Beauvoir taught at lycées in Marseille and Rouen from 1931 to 1937, and in Paris from 1938 to 1943. After World War II, she emerged as one of the leaders of the existentialist movement, working with Sartre on \u003ci\u003eLes Temps modernes\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eThe author of many acclaimed works, de Beauvoir was one of the most influential thinkers of her generation. She died in 1986. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTerrence Des Pres \u003c\/b\u003e(1939-1987) was a writer and researcher best known for his works \u003ci\u003eThe Survivor: An Anatomy of Life in the Death Camps\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePraises and Dispraises\u003c\/i\u003e. He received degrees from Southeast Missouri State Collage and Washington University, and also taught at Colgate University.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.07 x 8.19 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 1994\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51762057511200,"sku":"9780452011243","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/8413720da99e179edfd563d1a627d94b.webp?v=1780216007","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/treblinka-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}