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Autobiography & Memoir

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The Pass­port as Home: Com­fort in Rootlessness
Andrei S. Markovits
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Sylvie
Sylvie Kantorovitz
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For­get Prayers, Bring Cake: A Sin­gle Wom­an’s Guide to Grieving
Meris­sa Nathan Gerson
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Fic­tion
Sutzkev­er: Essen­tial Prose
Avrom Sutzkever, Zackary Sholem Berger (Translator)
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End­pa­pers: A Fam­i­ly Sto­ry of Books, War, Escape, and Home
Alexan­der Wolff
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Plun­der: A Mem­oir of Fam­i­ly Prop­er­ty and Nazi Treasure
Men­achem Kaiser
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Eva and Eve: A Search for My Moth­er’s Lost Child­hood and What a War Left Behind
Julie Metz
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Red Rock Baby Candy
Shi­ra Spector
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Doc­tor on Call: Cher­nobyl Respon­der, Jew­ish Refugee, Radi­a­tion Expert
Alla Shapiro
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Soles of a Survivor
Nhi Aron­heim
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The Empa­thy Diaries: A Memoir
Sher­ry Turkle
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Wolf Lamb Bomb
Aviya Kush­n­er
Interview

‘Resis­tance in Hol­land’: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Sel­ma van de Perre

Marc Katz
May 10, 2021
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My Name Is Sel­ma: The Remark­able Mem­oir of a Jew­ish Resis­tance Fight­er and Ravens­brück Survivor
Sel­ma van de Perre
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Spilt Milk
Court­ney Zoffness
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Leslie Fazekas
April 19, 2021
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