{"product_id":"9781429946162","title":"Operation Exodus: From the Nazi Death Camps to the Promised Land: A Perilous Journey That Shaped Israel's Fate","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe riveting chronicle of Jewish war survivors and their flight on the dramatic voyage of \u003c\/i\u003eExodus 1947, \u003ci\u003ethe international incident that gained sympathy for the formation of Israel \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eThe underground Jewish group Haganah arranged for the purchase of a small American steamer as part of an ambitious and daring mission: to serve as lifeboat for more than four thousand survivors of Nazi rule and transport them to Palestine. Renamed \u003ci\u003eExodus 1947, \u003c\/i\u003ethe ship and its young crew left France en route to the future state of Israel. The Holocaust survivors aboard \u003ci\u003eExodus \u003c\/i\u003eendured even more hardships when the Royal Navy stopped the ship in international waters, used force in boarding (killing two passengers and one crewmember) and eventually deported its human cargo to internment camps in Germany. The death of the ship's captain in late 2009 generated headlines throughout the world. Enriched with new survivors' testimonies and previously unpublished documentation, \u003ci\u003eOperation Exodus \u003c\/i\u003eis the deeply moving saga of a people who risked all in search for a home.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47154135007472,"sku":"9781429946162","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781429946162_p0.jpg?v=1769902591","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781429946162","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}