{"product_id":"the-day-the-nazis-came-stephen-matthews-9781643136240","title":"The Day the Nazis Came: The True Story of a Childhood Journey to the Dark Heart of a German Prison Camp","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn poignant and timeless true story of one child's journey to a German prison camp during World War II.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Day the Nazis Came\u003c\/i\u003e is an utterly unique memoir, depicting the world of prison camps through the eyes of a child. Our narrator's parents did their best to protect his emotional well-being, downplaying the extent of dangers and presenting every new day as an adventure. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But there is only so much you can do to hide such a dark truth and, by the time he was six years old, Stephen Matthews had actually seen and experienced things of unspeakable horror: he had witnessed a bombardment by the Luftwaffe and had been deported from occupied Guernsey, along with his family, to a prison camp in the heart of Adolf Hitler's Third Reich; he had seen men die in front of him; he had walked alongside Jews coming straight off the cattle-trucks from Bergen-Belsen; he had nearly drowned, been menaced by an Alsatian guard dog, and had his hand broken by a German guard for attempting to feed Russian prisoners. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Against all odds, Stephen and his family endured over three years of imprisonment, held together by their will to survive, their love for each other, and the humor they had all been gifted with. But when the war ended and they were set free, the home they eventually returned to had been irremediably scarred and stricken by Nazi occupation and so, once again, they had to fight to pick up the pieces. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Supported by and enriched with his mother's diary notes, which had been secreted away in an old leather-bound family Bible throughout the years in the camp, \u003ci\u003eThe Day the Nazis Came\u003c\/i\u003e is a phenomenal piece of history as well as a heart-wrenching account of the horrors of the war and deportation. It is, above all, a heart-warming tribute to the preciousness of hope, of life, and of the indomitable spirit of man to survive. And while honoring the memory of the three courageous Germans who risked everything to protect as many as the prisoners in their charge as they could, it also shows how human kindness may flower and prevail in the unlikeliest of places.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephen Matthews\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1643136240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781643136240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pegasus Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/02\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2020","brand":"Stephen Matthews","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44149487206655,"sku":"9781643136240","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b198f4e9-8e7e-4a7d-8f66-b32908be697a.jpg?v=1688456989","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-day-the-nazis-came-stephen-matthews-9781643136240","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}