{"product_id":"auschwitz-my-first-train-journey-conrad-jones-9798252611181","title":"Auschwitz. My first train journey...: It was always a one way ticket...","description":"\u003cb\u003eAuschwitz: My First Train Journey\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEight-year-old Kurt Stein has always viewed the world through the safe, admiring gaze of a boy who idolises his older brother and is wrapped in the warmth of a large, loving family. Living with his parents, grandparents, and five siblings in Warsaw, he knows comfort, tradition, and the unshakable belief that childhood is about being loved and nurtured. His world was filled with fun and laughter, warmth and joy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut when the Nazi occupation tightens its grip on the city, the Steins' privileged life collapses over just a few months. Their home is seized, their freedoms stripped, and their safety becomes a memory. Forced into the suffocating confines of the Warsaw Ghetto, Kurt watches his parents shrink under the weight of fear, his sisters learn to be silent, and his heroic brother try desperately to protect them all from a world that has turned suddenly and brutally merciless. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs hunger, terror, and despair rise inside the ghetto walls, the inevitable knock comes, a summons to \"relocation.\" Herded with thousands of others to the trains, Kurt clings to his mother's hand, believing that wherever they go, his family will stay together. But the train waiting before them is not a passage to safety. It is a sealed boxcar. A machine of disappearance. A journey with no return. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor Kurt Stein, his first train journey is a one-way ticket to Auschwitz\u003c\/b\u003e-a harrowing plunge into the darkest chapter of human cruelty. Through the innocent eyes of a child, this story unveils the fragility of hope, the unbearable fractures of a family under siege, and the final, \u003ci\u003eshattering truth of what it means to be exterminated.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Conrad Jones\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798252611181\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/30\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 392\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.87d","brand":"Conrad Jones","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48440787599615,"sku":"9798252611181","price":17.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ef8565a3-736b-46a3-beef-76d8e23cad69.jpg?v=1777184825","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/auschwitz-my-first-train-journey-conrad-jones-9798252611181","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}