{"product_id":"golden-harvest-events-at-the-periphery-of-the-holocaust-paperback","title":"Golden Harvest: Events at the Periphery of the Holocaust - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJan Tomasz Gross\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eIrena Grudzinska Gross\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt 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 horrific skulls and bones. Where are we? Who are the people in the photograph, and what are they doing? \u003c\/p\u003e\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 that 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 armies, 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 authors have written a moving book that evokes the depth and range, as well as the intimacy, of the Final Solution.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\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\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 152\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45255267647590,"sku":"9780190614539","price":24.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/ckZDU2JMRUo2L0RBOE8yTm5NWE43QT09.webp?v=1773651276","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/golden-harvest-events-at-the-periphery-of-the-holocaust-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}