{"product_id":"distance-from-the-belsen-heap-mark-celinscak-9781442615700","title":"Distance from the Belsen Heap: Allied Forces and the Liberation of a Nazi Concentration Camp","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the 2016 Vine Award for Nonfiction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Allied soldiers who liberated the Nazi concentration camp at Bergen-Belsen in April 1945 were faced with scenes of horror and privation. With breathtaking thoroughness, \u003cem\u003eDistance from the Belsen Heap\u003c\/em\u003e documents what they saw and how they came to terms with those images over the course of the next seventy years. On the basis of research in more than seventy archives in four countries, Mark Celinscak analyses how these military personnel struggled with the intense experience of the camp; how they attempted to describe what they had seen, heard, and felt to those back home; and how their lives were transformed by that experience. He also brings to light the previously unacknowledged presence of hundreds of Canadians among the camp's liberators, including noted painter Alex Colville.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDistance from the Belsen Heap\u003c\/em\u003e examines the experiences of hundreds of British and Canadian eyewitnesses to atrocity, including war artists, photographers, medical personnel, and chaplains. A study of the complicated encounter between these Allied soldiers and the horrors of the Holocaust, \u003cem\u003eDistance from the Belsen Heap\u003c\/em\u003e is a testament to their experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Celinscak\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1442615702\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781442615700\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/26\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/26\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2016","brand":"Mark Celinscak","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44074541121791,"sku":"9781442615700","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9fbeaed3-f466-4733-87b5-e8f1c5d10ac0.jpg?v=1685454346","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/distance-from-the-belsen-heap-mark-celinscak-9781442615700","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}