{"product_id":"9780881413144","title":"Silent as a Stone: Mother Maria of Paris and the Trash Can Rescue","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSilent as a Stone: Mother Maria of Paris and the Trash Can Rescue\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSilent as a Stone\u003c\/i\u003e memorializes the life of Mother Maria Skobtsova, an unconventional nun who aided the persecuted Jewish people in occupied France during WWII. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConfronting the horror of Nazi brutality, Mother Maria devised an ingenious plan to save Jewish children destined for extermination camps: Paris garbage collectors, upon her urging, hid the children in trash cans and whisked them to safe havens outside the city. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMother Maria, for her selfless rescue activities, perished in a gas chamber in Ravensbrock camp in Germany in 1945. Today, she is among the \"righteous gentiles\" honored in Israel and a canonized saint in the Orthodox Christian Church. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Vladimir's Seminary Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47008310788336,"sku":"9780881413144","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780881413144","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}