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The Heart Has Reasons: Holocaust Rescuers and Their Stories of Courage

by Mark Klempner · 2006

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The author, a first generation Jewish-American, seeks out some of the last surviving rescuers of Jewish children during the Nazi occupation of Holland to produce this collective portrait of ten heroic individuals.

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war and militarywar and militaryMore like thisLess of this
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HolocaustHolocaustMore like thisLess of thisWorld War IIWorld War IIMore like thisLess of thisNetherlandsNetherlandsMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 235 pages

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