{"product_id":"mendelssohn-is-on-the-roof-jiri-weil-9780810116863","title":"Mendelssohn Is on the Roof","description":"Julius Schlesinger, aspiring SS officer, has received orders to remove from the roof of Prague's concert hall the statue of the Jewish composer Felix Mendelssohn. But which of the figures adorning the roof is the Jew? Remembering his course on racial science, Schlesinger instructs his men to pull down the statue with the biggest nose. Only as the statue they have carefully chosen begins to topple does he recognize that it is not Mendelssohn; it is Richard Wagner. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThus begins a story of disarming simplicity that traces the transformation of ordinary lives in Nazi-occupied Prague. Death abetted by the petty malevolence of Nazi functionaries wins all the battles but ultimately loses the war, defeated by the fragile flowering of courage and defiance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jiri Weil\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0810116863\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780810116863\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Northwestern University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/25\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.72h x 5.56w x 0.69d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/28\/1999 pg. 24","brand":"Jiri Weil","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926327329023,"sku":"9780810116863","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_0e2ef0a4-4564-424e-8491-a4806ef5dbe0.jpg?v=1681082454","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mendelssohn-is-on-the-roof-jiri-weil-9780810116863","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}