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    ghettos

    Cover of How My Grandfather Stole a Shoe (and Survived the Holocaust in Ukraine)
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    How My Grand­fa­ther Stole a Shoe (and Sur­vived the Holo­caust in Ukraine)
    Julie Masis; Felix Lembersky, illus.
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    The Gold­en Age of Ital­ian Jews: 1848 – 1938
    Gino Seg­rè
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    The Sur­vivor of the Holocaust
    Jack Eis­ner
    Cover of Shylock's Venice: The Remarkable History of Venice's Jews and the Ghetto
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    Shy­lock­’s Venice: The Remark­able His­to­ry of Venice’s Jews and the Ghetto
    Har­ry Freedman
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    Excerpt: The For­bid­den Daughter

    Zipo­ra Klein Jakob
    April 28, 2024
    Cover of The Forbidden Daughter: The True Story of a Holocaust Survivor
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    The For­bid­den Daugh­ter: The True Sto­ry of a Holo­caust Survivor
    Zipo­ra Klein Jakob
    Essay

    Vis­it­ing Poland: Writ­ing about the Holocaust

    Lau­ren Grodstein
    December 5, 2023
    Cover of Sarra Copia: A Locked-in Life
    Fic­tion
    Sar­ra Copia: A Locked-in Life
    Nan­cy Ludmerer
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    The Buried Trea­sures of the Paper Brigade

    Meryl Frank
    June 26, 2023
    Cover of Intimate Strangers: A History of Jews and Catholics in the City of Rome
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    Inti­mate Strangers: A His­to­ry of Jews and Catholics in the City of Rome
    Fredric Brand­fon
    Cover of Saved by Schindler: The Life of Celina Karp Biniaz
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    Saved by Schindler: The Life of Celi­na Karp Biniaz 
    William B. Friedricks
    Cover of The 23rd Psalm: A Holocaust Memoir
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    The 23rd Psalm: A Holo­caust Memoir
    George Salton with Anna Salton Eisen
    Cover of Warsaw Ghetto Police: The Jewish Order Service during the Nazi Occupation
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    War­saw Ghet­to Police: The Jew­ish Order Ser­vice dur­ing the Nazi Occupation
    Katarzyna Person
    Cover of 28 Days: A Novel of Resistance in the Warsaw Ghetto
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    28 Days: A Nov­el of Resis­tance in the War­saw Ghetto
    David Safier, Helen MacCormac (trans.)
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    The Tale of a Niggun
    Elie Wiesel; Mark Podwal, illus.
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    Renais­sance Revealed: The Oppres­sion of Jews in Italy in the 1500s

    Cather­ine Fletcher
    September 14, 2020
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