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A "Best Book of the Year." — New York Times

"An enormous achievement, heart-wrenching and unforgettable." —
Chicago Tribune

"A passionate, brilliantly illuminating work." —
Los Angeles Sunday Times

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A blend of memoir, reportage and oral history,
Children of the Holocaust is one of the first books to examine the inter-generational transmission of trauma. Originally published in 1979, it has become a classic. The eBook, published in 2010, includes a new preface and an updated bibliography. Its sequel is Where She Came From: A Daughter's Search for Her Mother's History, a family and social history of Central European Jews.