{"product_id":"the-nazis-knew-my-name","title":"The Nazis Knew My Name: A Remarkable Story of Survival and Courage in Auschwitz","description":"\u003cp\u003eMagda Hellinger and Maya Lee, with David Brewster\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn March 1942, twenty-five-year-old kindergarten teacher Magda Hellinger and nearly a thousand other young women were deported as some of the first Jews to be sent to the Auschwitz concentration camp.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe SS soon discovered that by putting prisoners in charge of the day-to-day accommodation blocks, they could deflect attention away from themselves. Magda was one such prisoner selected for leadership and put in charge of hundreds of women in the notorious Experimental Block 10. She found herself constantly walking a dangerously fine line: saving lives while avoiding suspicion by the SS and risking execution. Through her inner strength and shrewd survival instincts, she was able to rise above the horror and cruelty of the camps and build pivotal relationships with the women under her watch, and even some of Auschwitz’s most notorious Nazi senior officers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBased on Magda’s personal account and completed by her daughter’s extensive research, this is “an unputdownable account of resilience and the power of compassion” (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBooklist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) in the face of indescribable evil.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":41348030398498,"sku":"","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":41348030431266,"sku":"","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/1509\/8658\/files\/71wWRXcgX2L._AC_UF1000_1000_QL80.jpg?v=1706627071","url":"https:\/\/vaholocaust.myshopify.com\/products\/the-nazis-knew-my-name","provider":"Virginia Holocaust Museum Shop \u0026 Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}