{"product_id":"a-jew-in-the-woods","title":"A Jew in the Woods","description":"Of the 35,000 Lithuanian Jews trapped by the Germans in the Kovno Ghetto, most did not survive. Berl Kagan, a 34-year-old journalist and political activist, was among the few who escaped the ghetto before it was liquidated. Yet this bid for freedom was only the first step in a protracted quest to cheat almost-certain death. With his wife and sister-in-law, Kagan spent nine months in the forest, facing near-starvation, freezing temperatures, and the ever-present threat of capture and murder. The Red Army was advancing-- but how many miracles would it take to see the day of liberation?Over the course of those dark, intrepid months, Kagan somehow kept a journal, recording his day-to-day life with unflinching lucidity and eloquence. The experience of Jews who fled to the woods of Eastern Europe during the Holocaust is little documented-- but here we have an electrifying, real-time account of, in the author's words, \" one long, horror-filled drama.\" Both riveting and ashimmer with moral beauty and hope, A Jew in the Woods is an astonishing testament to the resilience of the human spirit.","brand":"White Goat Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48923375501486,"sku":"9798998779862","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0735\/4417\/1694\/files\/imageloader_176169c0-fc64-440e-853d-f1c534789a32.jpg?v=1787158645","url":"https:\/\/ofmooseandmindbookshop.com\/products\/a-jew-in-the-woods","provider":"Of Moose and Mind Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}