{"title":"Emmy E. Werner","description":"Emmy E. Werner is a developmental psychologist and research professor at the University of California at Davis. She is the author of many books, including Through the Eyes of Innocents (Westview Press 2000); Reluctant Witnesses (Westview Press, 1998); Pioneer Children on the Journey West (Westview Press 1995).","products":[{"product_id":"a-conspiracy-of-decency-the-rescue-of-the-danish-jews-during-world-war-ii-paperback","title":"A Conspiracy of Decency: The Rescue of the Danish Jews During World War II - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe people of Denmark managed to save almost their country's entire Jewish population from extinction in a spontaneous act of humanity -- one of the most compelling stories of moral courage in the history of World War II. Drawing on many personal accounts, Emmy Werner tells the story of the rescue of the Danish Jews from the vantage-point of living eyewitnesses- the last survivors of an extraordinary conspiracy of decency that triumphed in the midst of the horrors of the Holocaust. \u003ci\u003eA Conspiracy of Decency\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles the acts of people of good will from several nationalities. Among them were the German Georg F. Duckwitz, who warned the Jews of their impending deportation, the Danes who hid them and ferried them across the Oresund, and the Swedes who gave them asylum. Regardless of their social class, education, and religious and political persuasion, the rescuers all shared one important characteristic: they defined their humanity by their ability to act with great compassion. These people never considered themselves heroes -- they simply felt that they were doing the right thing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51366206177503,"sku":"9780813342788","price":23.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/OwpcbRj3FH9780813342788.webp?v=1789087976"},{"product_id":"passages-to-america-oral-histories-of-child-immigrants-from-ellis-island-and-angel-island-hardcover","title":"Passages to America: Oral Histories of Child Immigrants from Ellis Island and Angel Island - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eMore than twelve million immigrants, many of them children, passed through Ellis Island's gates between 1892 and 1954. Children also came through the \"Guardian of the Western Gate,\" the detention center on Angel Island in California that was designed to keep Chinese immigrants out of the United States. Based on the oral histories of fifty children who came to the United States before 1950, this book chronicles their American odyssey against the backdrop of World Wars I and II, the rise and fall of Hitler's Third Reich, and the hardships of the Great Depression. Ranging in age from four to sixteen years old, the children hailed from Northern, Central, Eastern, and Southern Europe; the Middle East; and China. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAcross ethnic lines, the child immigrants' life stories tell a remarkable tale of human resilience. The sources of family and community support that they relied on, their educational aims and accomplishments, their hard work, and their optimism about the future are just as crucial today for the new immigrants of the twenty-first century. These personal narratives offer unique perspectives on the psychological experience of being an immigrant child and its impact on later development and well-being. They chronicle the joys and sorrows, the aspirations and achievements, and the challenges that these small strangers faced while becoming grown citizens.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51367559233759,"sku":"9781597972963","price":37.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/P90FXxJ64X9781597972963.webp?v=1789109814"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/emmy-e-werner.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}