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    Nao­mi Kramer

    Nao­mi Kramer is a retired read­ing con­sul­tant teacher who devel­oped cur­ricu­lum for using lit­er­a­ture to edu­cate chil­dren and adults in the his­to­ry of the Holo­caust. She is a docent and edu­ca­tor at the Holo­caust Memo­r­i­al and Tol­er­ance Edu­ca­tion Cen­ter of Nas­sau County.
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    Trudy Kanter
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    Charlotte Guillain
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    Steve Sem-Sandberg; Sarah Death, trans.
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    Shira Nayman
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    Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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    Michael Lev; Barnett Zumoff, trans.
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