{"product_id":"the-island-of-extraordinary-captives","title":"The Island of Extraordinary Captives: A Painter, a Poet, an Heiress, and a Spy in a World War II British Internment Camp","description":"\u003cp\u003eParkin, Simon\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFollowing the events of\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eKristallnacht\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ein 1938, Peter Fleischmann evaded the Gestapo’s roundups in Berlin by way of a perilous journey to England on a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eKindertransport\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003erescue, an effort sanctioned by the UK government to evacuate minors from Nazi-controlled areas.train. But he could not escape the British police, who came for him in the early hours and shipped him off to Hutchinson Camp on the Isle of Man, under suspicion of being a spy for the very regime he had fled.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuring Hitler’s rise to power in the 1930s, tens of thousands of German and Austrian Jews like Peter escaped and found refuge in Britain. After war broke out and paranoia gripped the nation, Prime Minister Winston Churchill ordered that these innocent asylum seekers—so-called “enemy aliens”—be interned.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Peter arrived at Hutchinson Camp, he found one of history’s most astounding prison populations: renowned professors, composers, journalists, and artists. Together, they created a thriving cultural community, complete with art exhibitions, lectures, musical performances, and poetry readings. The artists welcomed Peter as their pupil and forever changed the course of his life. Meanwhile, suspicions grew that a real spy was hiding among them—one connected to a vivacious heiress from Peter’s past.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41303464050722,"sku":"","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/1509\/8658\/files\/81CWhuMbKVL._SL1500.jpg?v=1707933065","url":"https:\/\/vaholocaust.myshopify.com\/products\/the-island-of-extraordinary-captives","provider":"Virginia Holocaust Museum Shop \u0026 Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}