{"product_id":"storm-in-the-land-of-rain-a-mothers-dying-wish-becomes-her-daughters-nightmare-9781684513024","title":"Storm in the Land of Rain: A Mother's Dying Wish Becomes Her Daughter's Nightmare","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn award-winning journalist discovers that her grandfather, the legendary and heroic Lithiuanian \"General Storm\" who survived a Nazi concentration camp only to later be executed by the Russians, may also have been a Jew-killing antisemite. A fascinating story of bravery, betrayal, and the transformative power of seeking and finding the truth at whatever the cost.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eHero-or Nazi?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Silvia Foti was raised on reverent stories about her hero grandfather, a martyr for Lithuanian independence and an unblemished patriot. Jonas Noreika, remembered as \"General Storm,\" had resisted his country's German and Soviet occupiers in World War II, surviving two years in a Nazi concentration camp only to be executed in 1947 by the KGB. His granddaughter, growing up in Chicago, was treated like royalty in her tightly knit Lithuanian community. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But in 2000, when Silvia traveled to Lithuania for a ceremony honoring her grandfather, she heard a very different story--a \"rumor\" that her grandfather had been a \"Jew-killer.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eStorm in the Land of Rain\u003c\/i\u003e is Silvia's account of her wrenching twenty-year quest for the truth, from a beautiful house confiscated from its Jewish owners, to familial confessions and the Holocaust tour guide who believed that her grandfather had murdered members of his family. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A heartbreaking and dramatic story based on exhaustive documentary research and soul-baring interviews, \u003ci\u003eStorm in the Land of Rain\u003c\/i\u003e is an unforgettable journey into World War II history, intensely personal but filled with universal lessons about courage, faith, memory, and justice. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003ePreviously published as The Nazi's Granddaughter.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Silvia Foti\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Regnery History\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/07\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781684513024","brand":"Regnery History","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42758888161417,"sku":"9781684513024","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_2fcaf1dc-6dc4-4610-a140-c7bf006a5a2e.jpg?v=1720497129","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/storm-in-the-land-of-rain-a-mothers-dying-wish-becomes-her-daughters-nightmare-9781684513024","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}