{"product_id":"angels-of-amsterdam-1","title":"Angels of Amsterdam","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A rare story that reframes the Holocaust narrative from victimhood to heroism' MITCH ALBOM, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestselling Author of \u003ci\u003eTuesdays with Morrie\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Little Liar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJust two miles from where Anne Frank hid during WWII, Henriette Pimentel, a Jewish nursery director, plotted one of the most daring and far-reaching rescues of the war. Recruiting young women from her nursery and working in tandem with other Resistance members, Henriette successfully hid and smuggled six hundred children out of Amsterdam - right under the noses of their Nazi captors.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAngels of Amsterdam \u003c\/i\u003edraws on recent interviews with the survivors and former teenage resistance workers. Over the past four years, authors Esther Shaya and Susan B. Katz travelled extensively to gather first-hand accounts from these heroes and the children they rescued, now in their 80s and 90s. Coupled with archival images, this remarkable, real-life World War II narrative is a story for the ages.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57499242692981,"sku":"9780349020815","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780349020815.jpg?v=1786694561","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/angels-of-amsterdam-1","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}