{"product_id":"9781784650131","title":"Schneider's Story: A Tale of Winners and Losers","description":"Born in 1959, Karl-Heinz Schneider spent the first years of his life in the orphanage nursery in Karl-Marx-Stadt (now Chemnitz). Abandoned there by his mother with a note begging that he be cared for, the orphanage took him in, gave him a name and a date of birth, and allowed him a roof over his head. At the age of five, he was moved to a children's home in Dresden, where malicious staff cruelly abused those in their care - a place where children had no rights, just obligations.\u003cp\u003eIn Dresden, Karl-Heinz learned how to survive, how to look out for his own interests. Now, as a young adult, he retains that survival instinct, that desperate need to stand alone and get money in his pocket without relying on others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne otherwise unremarkable day while delivering messages for much-needed cash, Karl-Heinz realises that he must report to a Mr Robert Wieland at the regional headquarters of the feared Stasi, and his life changes forever...\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vanguard Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47066038403312,"sku":"9781784650131","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781784650131_p0.jpg?v=1763726011","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781784650131","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}