{"product_id":"shadowland-the-story-of-germany-told-by-its-prisoners-9781789146271","title":"Shadowland: The Story of Germany Told by Its Prisoners","description":"\u003cb\u003eA history of modern Germany told not through the lives of its leaders, but its lawbreakers.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As Nelson Mandela said, \"a nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but its lowest ones.\" \u003ci\u003eShadowland \u003c\/i\u003etells the sometimes inspiring, often painful stories of Germany's prisoners, and thereby shines new light on Germany itself. The story begins at the end of the Second World War, in a defeated country on the edge of collapse, in which orphaned and lost children are forced into homelessness, scavenging and stealing to stay alive, often laying the foundations of a so-called criminal career. While East Germany developed detention facilities for its secret police, West Germany passed prison reform laws, which erected, in the words of a prisoner, \"little asbestos walls in Hell.\" \u003ci\u003eShadowland\u003c\/i\u003e is Germany as seen through the lives, experiences, triumphs, and tragedies of its lowest citizens.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Reaktion Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/26\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781789146271\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256","brand":"Sarah Colvin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42314611818677,"sku":"9781789146271","price":32.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_822c2a34-5d1f-4040-9633-fbf9c7048695.jpg?v=1659411614","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/shadowland-the-story-of-germany-told-by-its-prisoners-9781789146271","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}