{"product_id":"ninettes-war-a-jewish-story-of-survival-in-1940s-france","title":"Ninette's War: A Jewish Story of Survival in 1940s France","description":"\u003cdiv data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\" style=\"max-height: none; height: 280px;\"\u003e \u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px;\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe moving, poignant true story of a young Jewish girl coming of age in France during World War II, as the Holocaust approaches.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the heart-wrenching true story of a young Jewish girl coming of age in France during World War II.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Ninette Dreyfus belonged to one of the most influential Jewish families in Paris—second only to the Rothschilds—her parents’ social circle ranging from Einstein to Colette. But all that privilege counted for nothing when the Nazis arrived; the family was high up on the list of Philippe Petain’s targets.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eInspired by diary entries and by conversations the author had with Ninette before she died, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNinette's War\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e narrates the family's fall from grace alongside the creeping understanding of the Vichy government’s collaboration with the Nazis. Through Ninette’s eyes we witness how it all unfolded: from the anti-Semitism in the playground—sometimes from her own teachers—to Ninette’s first crush under a false identity. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Woven into the political backdrop of a nation turning inward on itself, this is the tale of a life once filled with riches becoming rootless, where friends were left behind and politicians legislated their own people out of existence—and to their deaths—culminating in what we now know as the Holocaust.\u003c\/span\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-header a-expander-partial-collapse-header\" style=\"opacity: 1; display: block;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content-fade\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"javascript:void(0)\" role=\"button\" data-action=\"a-expander-toggle\" class=\"a-declarative\" data-a-expander-toggle='{\"allowLinkDefault\":true, \"expand_prompt\":\"Read more\", \"collapse_prompt\":\"Read less\"}'\u003e\u003ci class=\"a-icon a-icon-extender-expand\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-expander-prompt\"\u003eRead more\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Pegasus Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50214314082589,"sku":"9781639369614","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0901\/5692\/5213\/files\/9781639369614.jpg?v=1754064280","url":"https:\/\/bookdelico.com\/products\/ninettes-war-a-jewish-story-of-survival-in-1940s-france","provider":"Book Delico ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}