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I Was a Child of Holocaust Survivors

Presented in a graphic novel format, a memoir of the author's experience of growing up in the 1950s with Holocaust survivor parents describes their memories of family members lost in the war and the author's observations about memory and loss.

Subject
biography
Genre
historical fiction
Themes
jewish
Setting
holocaustcanadaontariotoronto
Audience
adult
Length
short · 192 pages
Form
graphic novels

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