{"title":"Ruth Gruber","description":"Ruth Gruber (1911-2016) was an award-winning Jewish American journalist, photographer, and humanitarian. Born in Brooklyn in 1911, she was the author of nineteen books, including the National Jewish Book Award-winning biography Raquela (1978). She also wrote several memoirs documenting her astonishing experiences, among them Ahead of Time (1991), Inside of Time (2002), and Haven (1983), which documents her role in the rescue of one thousand refugees from Europe and their safe transport to America. Gruber passed away in 2016 at the age of 105.","products":[{"product_id":"haven-the-dramatic-story-of-1-000-world-war-ii-refugees-and-how-they-came-to-america-paperback","title":"Haven: The Dramatic Story of 1,000 World War II Refugees and How They Came to America - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward-winning journalist Ruth Gruber's powerful account of a top-secret mission to rescue one thousand European refugees in the midst of World War II\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In 1943, nearly one thousand European Jewish refugees from eighteen different countries were chosen by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's administration to receive asylum in the United States. All they had to do was get there. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Ruth Gruber, with the support of Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes, volunteered to escort them on their secret route across the Atlantic from a port in Italy to a \"safe haven\" camp in Oswego, New York. The dangerous endeavor carried the threat of Nazi capture with each passing day. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e While on the ship, Gruber recorded the refugees' emotional stories and recounts them here in vivid detail, along with the aftermath of their arrival in the US, which involved a fight for their right to stay after the war ended. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The result is a poignant and engrossing true story of suffering under Nazi persecution and incredible courage in the face of overwhelming circumstances. \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51367070630111,"sku":"9781453206331","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/WtgKvwOZsj9781453206331.webp?v=1789102305"},{"product_id":"raquela-a-woman-of-israel-paperback","title":"Raquela: A Woman of Israel - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA National Jewish Book Award-winning biography: A look at the early years of Israel's statehood, experienced through the life of a pioneering nurse.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring her extraordinary career, nurse Raquela Prywes was a witness to history. She delivered babies in a Holocaust refugee camp and on the Israeli frontier. She crossed minefields to aid injured soldiers in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War and organized hospitals to save the lives of those fighting the 1967 Six-Day War. Along the way, her own life was a series of triumphs and tragedies mirroring those of the newly formed Jewish state.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eRaquela\u003c\/i\u003e is a moving tribute to a remarkable woman, and an unforgettable chronicle of the birth of Israel through the eyes of those who lived it.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51367073054943,"sku":"9781453258309","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/98jYW9avCi9781453258309.webp?v=1789102310"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/ruth-gruber.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}