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    Holocaust

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    A Grand­daugh­ter’s Reflections

    Nao­mi Umlauf
    February 26, 2024
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    We Must Not Think of Our­selves: A Novel
    Lau­ren Grodstein
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    The Boy with the Star Tattoo
    Talia Carn­er
    Cover of The Tree of Life: How a Holocaust Sapling Inspired the World
    Chil­dren’s
    The Tree of Life: How a Holo­caust Sapling Inspired the World
    Elisa Boxer; Alianna Rozentsveig, illus.
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    Excerpt: The Coun­ter­feit Countess

    Eliz­a­beth B. White, Joan­na Sliwa
    January 22, 2024
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    Impos­si­ble Escape: A True Sto­ry of Sur­vival and Hero­ism in Nazi Europe
    Steve Sheinkin
    Cover of The Counterfeit Countess: The Jewish Woman Who Rescued Thousands of Poles During the Holocaust
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    The Coun­ter­feit Count­ess: The Jew­ish Woman Who Res­cued Thou­sands of Poles Dur­ing the Holocaust
    Eliz­a­beth B. White
    Joan­na Sliwa
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    Lovers in Auschwitz: A True Story
    Keren Blank­feld
    Essay

    Love and Sur­vival in Auschwitz

    Keren Blank­feld
    January 22, 2024
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    A Bril­liant Life: My Moth­er’s Inspir­ing True Sto­ry of Sur­viv­ing the Holocaust
    Rachelle Unre­ich
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    For­got­ten Girls of the Holo­caust: Annette Zel­man’s Story

    Heather Dune Macadam, Simon Wor­rall
    January 8, 2024
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    Hour of Need: The Dar­ing Escape of the Dan­ish Jews dur­ing World War II: A Graph­ic Novel
    Ralph Shayne; Tatiana Goldberg, illus.
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    Har­bor­ing Hope: The True Sto­ry of How Hen­ny Sind­ing Helped Den­mark’s Jews Escape the Nazis
    Susan Hood
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    Sur­vival
    Ita Dimant; Martin Dean, ed.; Teresa Pollin, trans.
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    Kyra Lisse
    December 18, 2023
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    Eti Elboim
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