{"product_id":"a-jew-in-the-woods-pages-from-a-diary-9798998779862","title":"A Jew in the Woods: Pages from a Diary","description":"Of the 35,000 Lithuanian Jews trapped by the Germans in the Kovno Ghetto, most did not survive. Berl Kagan, a 34-year-old journalist and political activist, was among the few who escaped the ghetto before it was liquidated. Yet this bid for freedom was only the first step in a protracted quest to cheat almost-certain death. With his wife and sister-in-law, Kagan spent nine months in the forest, facing near-starvation, freezing temperatures, and the ever-present threat of capture and murder. The Red Army was advancing-- but how many miracles would it take to see the day of liberation? Over the course of those dark, intrepid months, Kagan somehow kept a journal, recording his day-to-day life with unflinching lucidity and eloquence. The experience of Jews who fled to the woods of Eastern Europe during the Holocaust is little documented-- but here we have an electrifying, real-time account of, in the author's words, \" one long, horror-filled drama.\" Both riveting and ashimmer with moral beauty and hope, A Jew in the Woods is an astonishing testament to the resilience of the human spirit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e White Goat Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/18\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798998779862\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 149\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/0001\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Berl Kagan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52733937483957,"sku":"9798998779862","price":16.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-jew-in-the-woods-pages-from-a-diary-9798998779862","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}