{"product_id":"death-on-the-black-sea-the-untold-story-of-the-struma-and-world-war-iis-holocaust-at-sea-9780060936853","title":"Death on the Black Sea: The Untold Story of the Struma and World War II's Holocaust at Sea","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn the morning of February 24, 1942, on the Black Sea near Istanbul, an explosion ripped through a decrepit former cattle barge filled with Jewish refugees. One man clung fiercely to a piece of deck, fighting to survive. Nearly eight hundred others -- among them, more than one hundred children -- perished.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eDeath on the Black Sea\u003c\/em\u003e, the story of the \u003cem\u003eStruma\u003c\/em\u003e, its passengers, and the events that led to its destruction are investigated and fully revealed in two vivid, parallel accounts, set six decades apart. One chronicles the international diplomatic maneuvers and callousness that resulted in the largest maritime loss of civilian life during World War II. The other recounts a recent attempt to locate the \u003cem\u003eStruma\u003c\/em\u003e at the bottom of the Black Sea, an effort initiated and pursued by the grandson of two of the victims. A vivid reconstruction of a grim exodus aboard a doomed ship, \u003cem\u003eDeath on the Black Sea\u003c\/em\u003e illuminates a forgotten episode of World War II and pays tribute to the heroes, past and present, who keep its memory alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrantz, Douglas:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eDouglas Frantz, the investigations editor at the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times, \u003c\/em\u003e is the newspaper's former Istanbul bureau chief and a former investigative reporter the \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eChicago Tribune.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCollins, Catherine:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eCatherine Collins covers Turkey for the \u003cem\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e and has written for the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times.\u003c\/em\u003e Frantz and Collins have written several nonfiction books, most recently \u003cem\u003eCelebration, U.S.A.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50317851853074,"sku":"9780060936853","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_15e50ab8-608b-484e-8dc3-072aef2d4859.jpg?v=1727541368","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/death-on-the-black-sea-the-untold-story-of-the-struma-and-world-war-iis-holocaust-at-sea-9780060936853","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}