{"product_id":"fiorellos-sister-gemma-la-guardia-glucks-story-9780815608615","title":"Fiorello's Sister: Gemma La Guardia Gluck's Story","description":"\u003cp\u003eBorn in 1881 in New York City, Gemma La Guardia Gluck was the daughter of Italian immigrants, a mother of prestigious Italian Jewish lineage and a father who became a U.S. army bandleader. She was the sister of beloved New York City mayor Fiorello La Guardia. Gemma and her Hungarian Jewish husband were living in\u003cbr\u003eBudapest in 1944 when Nazi troops stormed the city. Eichmann and Himmler ordered her arrest as a political hostage because she was La Guardia's sister. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGluck recounts the plight of Budapest's Jews, deportation to Mauthausen with her husband, imprisonment at the notorious Ravensbriick women's concentration camp, and difficulties as a displaced person in postwar Berlin. With compassion and sensitivity she chronicles unspeakable evil, kindness at great risk, and courage among women in a prefeminist world. She also recalls her girlhood years spent in the Old West, native Americans befriended by her mother, her family's return to Europe, and her brother's ambitions and rise to success. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGemma's memoir is a story of a wise and strong woman who remained optimistic and resourceful, even when life was much less than fair. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHer story, first published in 1961, has been out of print for decades. This revised edition contains a new prologue, epilogue, photos, annotated material, and recently discovered letters between Gemma and Fiorello.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Syracuse University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/20\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780815608615\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.56h x 5.56w x 0.52d","brand":"Gemma La Guardia Gluck","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36644659626140,"sku":"9780815608615","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_6495aa10-a3fa-4177-bcd6-0d18f8e05ff1.jpg?v=1603859148","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/fiorellos-sister-gemma-la-guardia-glucks-story-9780815608615","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}