{"product_id":"when-they-come-for-us-well-be-gone-the-epic-struggle-to-save-soviet-jewry-paperback","title":"When They Come for Us, We'll Be Gone: The Epic Struggle to Save Soviet Jewry - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGal Beckerman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe untold story of the twenty-five-year struggle to free Soviet Jews, drawing on newly released Soviet government documents as well as hundreds of oral interviews, and told from the perspective of the individuals on the frontlines.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e Reviewers Favorites \u003cbr\u003e Beckerman recounts the historic trajectory of this grand assertion of human rights with passionate clarity and pellucid conviction. Cynthia Ozick \u003cbr\u003eAT THE END OF WORLD WAR II, NEARLY THREE MILLION JEWS WERE TRAPPED INSIDE THE SOVIET UNION. They lived a paradox unwanted by a repressive Stalinist state, yet forbidden to leave. \u003ci\u003eWhen They Come for Us, We ll Be Gone\u003c\/i\u003e is the astonishing and inspiring story of their rescue. Drawing on newly released Soviet government documents and hundreds of interviews, Beckerman shows how the movement led to a mass exodus in 1989 and forced human rights into the center of American foreign policy. In cinematic detail, this multigenerational saga, filled with suspense and revelations, provides an essential missing piece of Cold War and Jewish history. \u003cbr\u003e Fresh, surprising and exceedingly well-researched. Anne Applebaum, \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e Best Nonfiction 2010 \u003cbr\u003e A riveting work of reporting and a magisterial history of one of the twentieth century s great dramas of liberation. \u003ci\u003eCommentary\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003eGAL BECKERMAN, the opinion editor at the \u003ci\u003eForward\u003c\/i\u003e, was a longtime editor and staff writer at the \u003ci\u003eColumbia Journalism Review\u003c\/i\u003e and has also written for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e. He received the National Jewish Book Award for \u003ci\u003eWhen They Come for Us, We ll Be Gone\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eGAL BECKERMAN, a reporter at the\u003ci\u003e Forward, \u003c\/i\u003e was a longtime editor and staff writer at the \u003ci\u003eColumbia Journalism Review\u003c\/i\u003e and has also written for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times, \u003c\/i\u003e the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal, \u003c\/i\u003eand the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 624\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 20, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Sami Rohr Prize (2012)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53062023446861,"sku":"9780547577470","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/NExZbjZzdVl6WEk4YmZDSmlIVnRqQT09.webp?v=1766562942","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/when-they-come-for-us-well-be-gone-the-epic-struggle-to-save-soviet-jewry-paperback","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}