{"product_id":"9780991415502","title":"Under A Foreign Star","description":"Lotte Paepcke survived as a Jew in Germany throughout the Nazi reign. She describes in lyrical and reflective language the circumstances that enabled this rare preservation of a Jewish life.\u003cp\u003eFor a time Mrs. Paepcke's non-Jewish husband, and her small child protected her from deportation to the camps. When the special laws providing this protection crumbled during World War II, a Catholic monastery in Southern Germany hid her within its walls until the French army liberated the area.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMrs. Paepcke's life during the time was a rare occurrence, where the obscene web of German racial laws for a time left a gray zone in which she survived as an almost transparent persona. Her 1952 book is now available in English for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe original 1952 German edition was published by the Frankfurter Hefte under the title \"Unter einem fremden Stern.\" A second edition was released in 1979 by the Verlag Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dresl Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49832630518000,"sku":"9780991415502","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780991415502","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}