{"product_id":"what-they-didnt-burn-uncovering-my-fathers-holocaust-secrets-9781684631032","title":"What They Didn't Burn: Uncovering My Father's Holocaust Secrets","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat if you uncovered a Nazi paper trail that revealed your father to be a man very different from the quiet, introspective dad you knew . . . or thought you knew?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGrowing up, author Mel Laytner saw his father as a quintessential Type B: passive and conventional. As he uncovered documents the Nazis didn't burn, however, another man emerged--a black market ringleader and wily camp survivor who made his own luck. The tattered papers also shed light on painful secrets his father took to his grave. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMelding the intimacy of personal memoir with the rigors of investigative journalism, \u003ci\u003eWhat They Didn't Burn\u003c\/i\u003e is a heartwarming, inspiring story of resilience and redemption. A story of how desperate survivors turned hopeful refugees rebuilt their shattered lives in America, all the while struggling with the lingering trauma that has impacted their children to this day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLaytner, Mel:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Mel Laytner was a reporter and editor of hard news for more than twenty years, primarily covering the Middle East for NBC News and United Press International. After seven grinding years overseas, he won a prestigious Knight-Bagehot Fellowship in Economic and Business Journalism, which included a year's residency at the Columbia Graduate School of Business. He received his BA in political science at the City College of New York and master's degrees from the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism (with a concentration in broadcast news) and Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs (with a specialization in foreign policy analysis). Mel and his wife, an artist and teacher, live in New York City and are the proud parents of three daughters.","brand":"Sparkpress","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50567843479826,"sku":"9781684631032","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_156992d3-1fcb-4542-8f0e-b3a49ff98c21.jpg?v=1731929584","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/what-they-didnt-burn-uncovering-my-fathers-holocaust-secrets-9781684631032","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}