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    Holo­caust Res­cue and Liberation
    Craig E. Blohm
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    Holo­caust Resistance
    Craig E. Blohm
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    Don Nardo
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    The Holo­caust Book Award in Mem­o­ry of Ernest W. Michel Named for 2017

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    March 7, 2017
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    The Birth of the Pales­tin­ian Refugee Prob­lem, 1947 – 1949
    Benny Morris
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    City of Dreams: The 400-Year Epic His­to­ry of Immi­grant New York
    Tyler Anbinder
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    Mar­tin Gang

    Glenn Frankel
    February 10, 2017
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    The Return of Stolen Property

    Anders Rydell
    February 9, 2017
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    Yitzhak Rabin: Sol­dier, Leader, Statesman
    Itamar Rabinovich
    Essay

    Dore Schary

    Glenn Frankel
    February 8, 2017
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    High Noon: The Hol­ly­wood Black­list and the Mak­ing of an Amer­i­can Classic
    Glenn Frankel
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    The Jews of the Blacklist

    Glenn Frankel
    February 6, 2017
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    The Book Thieves
    Anders Rydell; Henning Koch, trans.
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    Lion Feucht­wanger: An Author Nev­er Out of Print But No Longer Known

    Alan Judd
    February 1, 2017
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    A Trav­el­er With­out a Ticket

    Alan Judd
    January 30, 2017
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    Peter Hayes
    January 17, 2017
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