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    Cover of The Last Days of Budapest: The Destruction of Europe’s Most Cosmopolitan Capital in World War II
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    The Last Days of Budapest: The Destruc­tion of Europe’s Most Cos­mopoli­tan Cap­i­tal in World War II
    Adam LeBor
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    Twist, Tum­ble, Tri­umph: The Sto­ry of Cham­pi­on Gym­nast Agnes Kelet
    Deb­o­rah Bod­in Cohen
    Ker­ry Olitzky
    Cover of Second Generation: Hungarian and Jewish Classics Reimagined for the Modern Table
    Cook­book
    Sec­ond Gen­er­a­tion: Hun­gar­i­an and Jew­ish Clas­sics Reimag­ined for the Mod­ern Table
    Jere­my Salamon
    Casey Elsass
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    Hun­gar­i­an Amer­i­can: On Being Sec­ond Generation

    Jere­my Salamon
    September 16, 2024
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    No Jews Live Here
    John Lor­inc
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    The Right­eous
    Ronald H. Balson
    Cover of Cold Crematorium: Reporting from the Land of Auschwitz
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    Cold Cre­ma­to­ri­um: Report­ing from the Land of Auschwitz
    József Debreczeni; Paul Olchváry, trans.
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    “The World Must Know”: József Debreczeni’s ​“Lost” Masterpiece

    Alexan­der Bruner
    March 8, 2024
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    Lost Bread
    Edith Bruck; Gabriella Romani and David Yanoff, trans.
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    Find­ing Home: (Hun­gary, 1945)
    Dean Cycon
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    The Absent Moon: A Mem­oir of a Short Child­hood and a Long Depression
    Luiz Schwarcz; Eric M. B. Becker, trans.
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    This Rebel Heart
    Kather­ine Locke
    Cover of Early Jewish Cookbooks: Essays on Hungarian Jewish Gastronomical History
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    Ear­ly Jew­ish Cook­books: Essays on Hun­gar­i­an Jew­ish Gas­tro­nom­i­cal History
    András Koern­er
    Cover of The Auschwitz Protocols: Ceslav Mordowicz and the Race to Save Hungary's Jews
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    The Auschwitz Pro­to­cols: Ceslav Mor­dow­icz and the Race to Save Hun­gary’s Jews 
    Fred R. Bleakley
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    Daugh­ter of His­to­ry: Traces of an Immi­grant Girlhood
    Susan Rubin Suleiman
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    The Politzer Saga
    Lin­da Ambrus Broenniman
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