{"product_id":"9781529090871","title":"The City Without Jews : Life and Death in Nazi Vienna","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e'A truly major work, both deeply moving and incredibly powerful. A masterpiece of research, structure and writing . . . unforgettable' \u003c\/b\u003e-\u003cb\u003e Sir Antony Beevor\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch2\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An important and deeply researched book . . . it substantially adds to our understanding of how the Nazi system of genocide and plunder operated' - \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Smith has brought [this story] alive with forensic detail and a truly gripping narrative' \u003c\/b\u003e-\u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Sweeping . . . A vivid, granular portrait of the Jews of Vienna and their demise' - \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An important book by one of our best historians' - Simon Sebag Montefiore\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Painful, profound, prescient . . . a magisterial work' - Sonia Purnell\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn 1938, Vienna was the second largest Jewish city in Europe, home to nearly 200,000 Jewish people.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy 1946, only a few thousand had survived.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this heart-wrenching story of loss, fear, courage and hope, acclaimed historian Douglas Smith chronicles the Nazi destruction of Jewish Vienna. Drawing on hundreds of long-forgotten voices, from Jews to Nazis to Gentile collaborators and bystanders, \u003ci\u003eThe City Without Jews\u003c\/i\u003e centres on one remarkable person: Mignon Langnas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWatching as nearly every Jew she knew was expropriated, forced to migrate, or deported to the killing fields and death camps in the East, Mignon vividly recorded her world in diaries and letters, creating an indispensably detailed and poignant account of life under Nazi rule. What emerges from the wreckage of a city bent on Jewish eradication is a gripping and fundamentally human history like no other - one of betrayal, sacrifice, impossible choices and survivor guilt.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rye Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55732534247800,"sku":"9781529090871","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0064\/1368\/0730\/files\/9781529090871.jpg?v=1794290642","url":"https:\/\/ryebooks.co.uk\/products\/9781529090871","provider":"Rye Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}