{"product_id":"born-survivors-9780062370266","title":"Born Survivors","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Nazis murdered their husbands but concentration camp prisoners Priska, Rachel, and Anka would not let evil take their unborn children too--a remarkable true story that will appeal to readers of \u003cem\u003eThe Lost\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Nazi Officer's Wife, Born Survivors\u003c\/em\u003e celebrates three mothers who defied death to give their children life.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEastern Europe, 1944: Three women believe they are pregnant, but are torn from their husbands before they can be certain. Rachel is sent to Auschwitz, unaware that her husband has been shot. Priska and her husband travel there together, but are immediately separated. Also at Auschwitz, Anka hopes in vain to be reunited with her husband. With the rest of their families gassed, these young wives are determined to hold on to all they have left--their lives, and those of their unborn babies. Having concealed their condition from infamous Nazi doctor Josef Mengele, they are forced to work and almost starved to death, living in daily fear of their pregnancies being detected by the SS.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn April 1945, as the Allies close in, Priska gives birth. She and her baby, along with Anka, Rachel, and the remaining inmates, are sent to Mauthausen concentration camp on a hellish seventeen-day train journey. Rachel gives birth on the train, and Anka at the camp gates. All believe they will die, but then a miracle occurs. The gas chamber runs out of Zyklon-B, and as the Allied troops near, the SS flee. Against all odds, the three mothers and their newborns survive their treacherous journey to freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the seventieth anniversary of Mauthausen's liberation from the Nazis by American soldiers, renowned biographer Wendy Holden recounts this extraordinary story of three children united by their mothers' unbelievable--yet ultimately successful--fight for survival.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHolden, Wendy:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eWendy Holden was a journalist for eighteen years, including a decade at the \u003cem\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/em\u003e. She is the author and coauthor of more than thirty books, among them several internationally acclaimed wartime biographies, plus the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestsellers \u003cem\u003eA Lotus Grows in the Mud\u003c\/em\u003e (with Goldie Hawn) and \u003cem\u003eLady Blue Eyes\u003c\/em\u003e (with Frank Sinatra's widow, Barbara). She lives in Suffolk, England, with her husband and two dogs, and divides her time between the UK and the US.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50555938504978,"sku":"9780062370266","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a32e5832-7baa-4c11-af43-2438cb5503a0.jpg?v=1731745412","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/born-survivors-9780062370266","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}