{"title":"Mikhal Dekel","description":"\u003cp\u003eMikhal Dekel is an acclaimed author known for her insightful contributions to historical literature. Her works seamlessly blend meticulous research with riveting storytelling, bringing to life lesser-known aspects of global history. Among her celebrated works is \u003cem\u003eIn the East\u003c\/em\u003e, a compelling narrative that delves into the intricacies of historical events with precision and depth. Another standout book, \u003cem\u003eTehran Children\u003c\/em\u003e, offers a poignant exploration of survival and identity against the backdrop of World War II, tracing the little-known journey of refugees in Iran during that tumultuous period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBoth books fall under the History \u0026amp; Military category, reflecting Dekel's expertise in uncovering and analysing historical narratives that shape our understanding of world events. Through her works, readers are invited to engage with the past in a way that is both enlightening and engrossing, making Mikhal Dekel's books essential for history enthusiasts and anyone seeking a deeper understanding of the complex interplay of historical forces.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"in-the-east-by-mikhal-dekel-9780393868456","title":"In the East","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDespite decades of outstanding writing about the Holocaust, the full story of roughly a quarter million Jews who survived Nazi extermination in the Soviet interior, Central Asia, and the Middle East is nearly unknown, even to their descendants. Investigating her late father's mysterious identity as a \u003cem\u003eTehran Child\u003c\/em\u003e, literary scholar Mikhal Dekel delved deep into archives—including Soviet files not previously available to Western scholars—on three continents.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShe pursued the path of these Holocaust refugees from remote Kolyma in Siberia to Tashkent in Uzbekistan and, with the help of an Iranian friend and colleague, to Tehran. It was there that her father, aunt, and nearly a thousand other Jewish refugee children survived the war.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDekel's part-memoir, part-history, part-literary-political reflection on fate, identity, and memory uncovers the lost story of Jewish refuge in Muslim lands, the complex global politics behind whether refugees live or die, and the collective identity-creation that determines the past we remember.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47000650514668,"sku":"9780393868456","price":35.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/5765443482328.jpg?v=1763293666"},{"product_id":"tehran-children-by-mikhal-dekel-9781324001034","title":"Tehran Children","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe extraordinary true story of Polish-Jewish child refugees who escaped the Nazis and found refuge in Iran.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMore than a million Jews escaped east from Nazi-occupied Poland to Soviet-occupied Poland. There, they suffered extreme deprivation in Siberian gulags and “Special Settlements” and then, once “liberated,” journeyed to the Soviet Central Asian Republics. The majority of Polish Jews who survived the Nazis outlived the war in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan; some of them continued on to Iran. The story of their suffering, both those who died and those who survived, has rarely been told.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFollowing the footsteps of her father, one of a thousand refugee children who travelled to Iran and later to Palestine, Dekel fuses memoir with historical investigation in this account of the all-but-unknown Jewish refuge in Muslim lands. Along the way, Dekel reveals the complex global politics behind this journey, discusses refugee aid and hospitality, and traces the making of collective identities that have shaped the postwar world— the histories nations tell and those they forget.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTehran Children\u003c\/em\u003e includes 10 illustrations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47000759599340,"sku":"9781324001034","price":49.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/10694733482659.jpg?v=1763302550"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/collections\/mikhal-dekel.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}