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Against all odds

by Norman Salsitz, Amalie Petranker Salsitz · 1990

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This is an unusually exciting story including hair-breath escapes, dangerous subterfuges, intrigues & heroic exploits shared by two people against an array of Nazi pursuers in Poland. It contains a romantic interlude which culminated in the marriage of the two protagonists. Amalie was so successful in posing as an Aryan that she received a marriage proposal from a German officer ...

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biographybiographyMore like thisLess of this
Themes
JewishJewishMore like thisLess of this
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HolocaustHolocaustMore like thisLess of thisWorld War IIWorld War IIMore like thisLess of thisPolandPolandMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 398 pages

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