{"product_id":"golden-harvest-events-at-the-periphery-of-the-holocaust-9780199731671","title":"Golden Harvest: Events at the Periphery of the Holocaust","description":"It seems at first commonplace: a group photograph of peasants at harvest time, after hard work well done, resting contentedly with their tools behind the fruits of their labor. But when one finally notices the crops scattered in front of the group, what seemed innocent on first view become\u003cbr\u003ehorrific skulls and bones. Where are we? Who are the people in the photograph, and what are they doing? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The starting pointof Jan Tomasz and Irena Grudzinska Gross's \u003cem\u003eGolden Harvest\u003c\/em\u003e, this haunting photograph in fact depicts a group of peasants--diggers--atop a mountain of ashes at Treblinka, where some 800,000 Jews were gassed and cremated. The diggers are searching for gold and precious stones\u003cbr\u003ethat Nazi executioners may have overlooked. The story captured in this grainy black-and-white photograph symbolizes the vast, continent-wide plunder of Jewish wealth that went hand-in-hand with the Holocaust. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The seizure of Jewish assets during World War II occasionally generates widespread attention when Swiss banks are challenged to produce lists of dormant accounts, or national museums are forced to return stolen paintings. But the theft of Europe's Jewish population was not limited to conquering\u003cbr\u003earmies, leading banks, or museums. It was perpetrated also by local people, such as those pictured in the photograph. Lyrical and often heartbreaking, \u003cem\u003eA Golden Harvest\u003c\/em\u003e takes readers across Europe as it exposes the economic ravaging of an entire society. Beginning with a simple group shot, the\u003cbr\u003eauthors have written a moving book that evokes the depth and range, as well as the intimacy, of the Final Solution.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jan Tomasz Gross\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/30\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.50w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199731671\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker (The)\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/25\/2012 pg. 69\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJan Tomasz Gross\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of History at Princeton University. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eNeighbors: The Destruction of the Jewish Community in Jedwabne, Poland\u003c\/em\u003e, which was a finalist for the National Book Award. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIrena Grudzinska Gross\u003c\/strong\u003e is Associate Research Scholar in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at Princeton University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40377900925043,"sku":"9.7802E+12","price":16.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_e0634ccb-ecf3-4d0f-bfb4-2943ef3619f7.jpg?v=1661261807","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/golden-harvest-events-at-the-periphery-of-the-holocaust-9780199731671","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}