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Sarah Shew­chuk

Sarah Shew­chuk holds a PhD in Com­par­a­tive Lit­er­a­ture from the Uni­ver­si­ty of Alberta.
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Non­fic­tion
No Jus­tice in Ger­many: The Bres­lau Diaries, 1933 – 1941
Willy Cohn; Norbert Conrads, ed; Kenneth Kronenberg, trans.
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L. Ruth Klein, ed.
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Karen Levine; Archbishop Emeritus Demsond Tutu, fwd.
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Martin Fletcher
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Deborah Hodge
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Richard P. Unsworth; Peter I. Rose, fwd.
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Irene Nemirovsky; Sandra Smith, trans.
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Millie Werber and Eve Keller
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Trea­sures from the Attic: The Extra­or­di­nary Sto­ry of Anne Frank’s Family
Mirjam Pressler with Gerti Elias; Damion Searls, trans.
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The Mirador: Dreamed Mem­o­ries of Irene Nemirovsky by Her Daughter
Elisabeth Gille
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Fic­tion
All Our World­ly Goods
Irene Nemirovsky
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Sydney Child Holocaust Survivors Group
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The House at Tyneford
Natasha Solomons
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Kathy Kac­er

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Interview

Inter­view: Mar­tin Fletcher

by Sarah Shew­chukMar­tin Fletch­er is the author of four books, most recent­ly Jacob’s Oath. A five-time Emmy-win­ning tele­vi­sion news cor­re­spon­dent who has worked for…
Sarah Shew­chuk
September 11, 2013

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