{"product_id":"strange-new-world-nadia-wheatley","title":"Strange New World - Nadia Wheatley","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"row subcategory-data mt-4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-12 col-xl-9\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"subcategory-data--data pb-0 mb-0\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA riveting work of historical merit and storytelling that tells the untold tale of what happened at Belsen concentration camp after liberation.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row subcategory-data mt-4\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-12 col-xl-9\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe liberation of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp on 15 April 1945 was portrayed as the jewel in the crown of British victory over Nazi Germany. Yet a quarter of the 55,000 survivors of the 'Horror Camp' died over the next five weeks, and for many others there was disillusionment and despair. Evacuated to a nearby army barracks converted into a Displaced Persons' camp which became the largest such camp in Europe they lived behind barbed wire and under military rule, and continued to suffer endemic health problems.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJosef Rosensaft, the political leader of the Jewish organisation in Belsen DP camp, described the first twelve months of freedom as being 'more oppressive to our souls than the years in the hell of Auschwitz and Belsen'. He added that when the hoped-for 'day of Liberation' came, 'we saw before us a new kind of world, cold and strange'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eStrange New World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etakes the reader into the untold story of the survivors' first year of freedom. Despite the alienating circumstances of the post-war world, this is also a story of new life and hope, and of survivors asserting their own agency and independence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished April 1, 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Nice Stack Of Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45076560019656,"sku":null,"price":39.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0595\/5567\/6360\/files\/STrangeNewWorld.jpg?v=1777941937","url":"https:\/\/nicestackofbooks.myshopify.com\/products\/strange-new-world-nadia-wheatley","provider":"Nice Stack Of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}