Alex Ulam
By Alex Ulam
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Culture Why Renia Spiegel Is Being Called ‘The Polish Anne Frank’
Editor’s Note: “Renia’s Diary: A Young Girl’s Life in the Shadow of the Holocaust,” has been published, drawing comparisons to the diary of Anne Frank. Last year, the Forward spoke to Renia Spiegel’s sister Ariana and documentary filmmaker Tomasz Magiersk about the diary. “Listen! Listen to me and understand. Some kind of fever took over…
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Culture Why Renia Spiegel Is Being Called ‘The Polish Anne Frank’
“Listen! Listen to me and understand. Some kind of fever took over the city. The vision of the ghetto, already forgotten by everybody, has returned. And it is even more dreadful than before, because it knocks on the doors of petrified hearts and it is ruthless, it doesn’t want to go away.” In May 1942,…
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