{"product_id":"silent-as-a-stone","title":"Silent as a Stone","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eSilent as a Stone\u003c\/em\u003e memorializes the life of Mother Maria Skobtsova, an unconventional nun who aided Jewish people in occupied France during WWII. Confronting the horror of Nazi brutality, Mother Maria devised an ingenious plan to save Jewish children destined for extermination camps: upon her urging, Paris garbage collectors hid children in trash cans and whisked them to safe havens outside the city.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor her courageous rescue activities, Mother Maria perished in a gas chamber in Ravensbrock concentration camp in Germany in 1945. Today, she is among the \"righteous gentiles\" honored in Israel and a canonized saint in the Orthodox Church.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author: \u003c\/strong\u003eJim Forest is secretary of the Orthodox Peace Fellowship and editor of its journal, \u003cem\u003eIn Communion\u003c\/em\u003e. He is a recipient of the Peacemaker Award from Notre Dame University's Institute for International Peace Studies. He is a prolific writer of inspirational, historical, and biographical books, most recently of \u003cem\u003eThe Wormwood File: E-Mail from Hell\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cem\u003eSilent as a Stone\u003c\/em\u003e is his third children's book.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SVS Press (Consignment)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49759106007278,"sku":"ghf1792004449840","price":15.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/3328\/9198\/files\/silent-as-a-stone_1.jpg?v=1792004454","url":"https:\/\/networkclad.shop\/products\/silent-as-a-stone","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}