{"product_id":"the-plateau","title":"The Plateau","description":"\u003cp\u003ePaxon, Maggie\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn a remote pocket of Nazi-held France, ordinary people risked their lives to rescue many hundreds of strangers, mostly Jewish children. Was this a fluke of history, or something more? Anthropologist Maggie Paxson, certainties shaken by years of studying strife, arrives on the Plateau to explore this phenomenon: What are the traits that make a group choose selflessness?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this beautiful, wind-blown place, Paxson discovers a tradition of offering refuge that dates back centuries. But it is the story of a distant relative that provides the beacon for which she has been searching. Restless and idealistic, Daniel Trocmé had found a life of meaning and purpose—or it found him—sheltering a group of children on the Plateau, until the Holocaust came for him, too. Paxson's journey into past and present turns up new answers, new questions, and a renewed faith in the possibilities for us all, in an age when global conflict has set millions adrift. Riveting, multilayered, and intensely personal, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Plateau\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a deeply inspiring journey into the central conundrum of our time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41303465426978,"sku":"","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/1509\/8658\/files\/9780698408739.jpg?v=1707944975","url":"https:\/\/vaholocaust.myshopify.com\/products\/the-plateau","provider":"Virginia Holocaust Museum Shop \u0026 Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}