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    Cover of It’s Her Story: Irena Sendler
    Chil­dren’s
    It’s Her Sto­ry: Ire­na Sendler
    Margaret Littman; Sara Luna, illus.
    Cover of Intimate Strangers: A History of Jews and Catholics in the City of Rome
    Non­fic­tion
    Inti­mate Strangers: A His­to­ry of Jews and Catholics in the City of Rome
    Fredric Brand­fon
    Cover of Between the Wires: The Janowska Camp and the Holocaust in Lviv
    Non­fic­tion
    Between the Wires: The Janows­ka Camp and the Holo­caust in Lviv
    Wait­man Wade Beorn
    Cover of Once We Were Home
    Fic­tion
    Once We Were Home
    Jen­nifer Rosner
    Cover of Return to Latvia
    Non­fic­tion
    Return to Latvia
    Marina Jarre; Ann Goldstein, trans.
    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 Escape from the Ghetto: A Story of Survival and Resilience in World War II
    Non­fic­tion
    Escape from the Ghet­to: A Sto­ry of Sur­vival and Resilience in World War II
    John Carr
    Essay

    Untold Sto­ries of the Doc­tors of the War­saw Ghetto

    Maria Ciesiel­s­ka, Luc Albins­ki
    April 18, 2022
    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 Names in a Jar
    Fic­tion
    Names in a Jar
    Jennifer Gold
    Cover of The Upstander: How Surviving the Holocaust Sparked Max Glauben's Mission to Dismantle Hate
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    The Upstander: How Sur­viv­ing the Holo­caust Sparked Max Glauben’s Mis­sion to Dis­man­tle Hate
    Jori Epstein
    Essay

    The Jew­ish Writer Behind Mozart’s Operas

    Howard Jay Smith
    September 21, 2021
    Cover of A Requiem for Hania
    Fic­tion
    A Requiem for Hania
    Greg Din­ner
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    Poet­ry
    Aunt Bird
    Yer­ra Sugarman
    Cover of My Name is Staszek Surdel: The Improbable Holocaust Survival of Nathan Poremba, The Last Jew of Wieliczka
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    My Name is Staszek Sur­del: The Improb­a­ble Holo­caust Sur­vival of Nathan Porem­ba, The Last Jew of Wieliczka
    Joel S. Poremba
    Cover of Witness to History-From Vienna to Shanghai: A Memoir of Escape, Survival and Resilience
    Wit­ness to His­to­ry-From Vien­na to Shang­hai: A Mem­oir of Escape, Sur­vival and Resilience
    Jean Hoff­mann Lewanda
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