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April 07, 2025

Q&A: Alice Austen Talks About Her New Novel Set in Holocaust-Era Belgium

April 07, 2025/ Adam Cohen
Q&A: Alice Austen Talks About Her New Novel Set in Holocaust-Era Belgium

The Author Imagined the Wartime History of a Building She Lived In

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April 07, 2025/ Adam Cohen/ 1 Comment
Belgium, Holocaust
February 07, 2024

REVIEW: Exploring the Connections Between the Holocaust, Music, and Memory

February 07, 2024/ Adam Cohen

A Story of Art, Unspeakable Horrors, and Loss

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February 07, 2024/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Holocaust, Music, World War II
September 08, 2020

5 Hot Books: A Heart-Stopping Holocaust Mystery, Chemotherapy's Surprising Origins, and More

September 08, 2020/ Adam Cohen
5 Hot Books: A Heart-Stopping Holocaust Mystery, Chemotherapy's Surprising Origins, and More

And Jenny Bhatt’s Compelling New Short Story Collection

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September 08, 2020/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Holocaust, Chemotherapy, Indian-American Literature
March 31, 2020

5 HOT BOOKS: How Shakespeare Speaks to America Today, a Mormon Story, and More

March 31, 2020/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: How Shakespeare Speaks to America Today, a Mormon Story, and More

And the Mother of Three Prominent Writers Investigates Her Family’s Holocaust History

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March 31, 2020/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Shakespeare, Mormons, Holocaust
August 13, 2018

5 HOT BOOKS: How the Internet Messes Up Our Heads, a Holocaust Mystery, and More

August 13, 2018/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: How the Internet Messes Up Our Heads, a Holocaust Mystery, and More

And a Fascinating New Take on How Humans Evolved, and Keep Evolving

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August 13, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Internet, Holocaust
January 22, 2018

5 Hot Books: Genocide in WW II Ukraine, When Will We Die? and More

January 22, 2018/ Adam Cohen
5 Hot Books: Genocide in WW II Ukraine, When Will We Die? and More

And Scientists Duel to Shape The World

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January 22, 2018/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Holocaust, Science, Crime
November 03, 2017

READ THIS: Holocaust Classic 'Night' is Re-Released, with an Essay by Barack Obama

November 03, 2017/ Adam Cohen
READ THIS: Holocaust Classic 'Night' is Re-Released, with an Essay by Barack Obama

The Former President Calls the Late Wiesel 'in Many Ways, the Conscience of the World'

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November 03, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Elie Wiesel, Holocaust, President Obama
February 05, 2017

READ THIS: In an All-Too-Timely Book, 8 Key Questions About the Holocaust

February 05, 2017/ Adam Cohen
READ THIS: In an All-Too-Timely Book, 8 Key Questions About the Holocaust

Lessons About the Dangers of Marginalization, Resentment, and Extreme Nationalism

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February 05, 2017/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
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Holocaust, Germany, Jews, Fascism
October 24, 2016

5 HOT BOOKS: A Forger Who Saved Lives in the Holocaust, a Dying Football Town, and More

October 24, 2016/ Adam Cohen
5 HOT BOOKS: A Forger Who Saved Lives in the Holocaust, a Dying Football Town, and More

And Vanity Fair's Collection of Great Writers on Great Writers

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October 24, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
5 Hot Books
Holocaust, Craft of Writing, Native Americans
June 02, 2016

READ THIS: Susan Faludi Travels to Budapest to Find Her Estranged Father — an Anti-Nazi Hero, a Jew-in-Denial, and Now, a Woman

June 02, 2016/ Adam Cohen
READ THIS: Susan Faludi Travels to Budapest to Find Her Estranged Father — an Anti-Nazi Hero, a Jew-in-Denial, and Now, a Woman

A Memoir that Speaks to Our Age of Contested Identities

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June 02, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Susan Faludi, Transgender, Holocaust, Hungary, Jewish History
February 24, 2016

NEWS: Why is Mein Kampf Suddenly a Runaway Bestseller in Germany?

February 24, 2016/ Adam Cohen
NEWS: Why is Mein Kampf Suddenly a Runaway Bestseller in Germany?

It's now the second-best-selling book in Germany

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February 24, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
News
Mein Kampf, Adolf Hitler, Holocaust, Germany
February 18, 2016

OPINION: The Polish Government's Shameful Attack on a Holocaust Historian

February 18, 2016/ Adam Cohen
OPINION: The Polish Government's Shameful Attack on a Holocaust Historian

Will Jan Gross be stripped of an honor for writing about Polish anti-Semitism?

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February 18, 2016/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Opinion
Holocaust, Poland, Anti-Semitism, World War II
December 27, 2015

Review: ‘Black Earth’: A New Take on How the Holocaust Happened

December 27, 2015/ Adam Cohen
Review: ‘Black Earth’: A New Take on How the Holocaust Happened

A compelling history that also speaks to the present and the future

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December 27, 2015/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Holocaust, History, Germany, Europe, Jews, Jim Kaplan
September 02, 2015

REVIEW — A Family That Resisted the Nazis…and Paid For It

September 02, 2015/ Adam Cohen
REVIEW — A Family That Resisted the Nazis…and Paid For It

by Amy E. Schwartz

Darkness lurking around the edges of heroism is the underlying and faintly troubling theme

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September 02, 2015/ Adam Cohen/ Comment
Review
Amy Schwartz, History, Holocaust, France, World War II
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