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Holocaust Diary Gets New Life 80 Years After Author’s Death

JL;DR SUMMARY Renia Spiegel's Holocaust-era diary, first published internationally in 2019, has now been translated into Hebrew, gaining renewed attention and serving as an important educational tool on the Holocaust. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Places mentioned

Przemysl, Subcarpathia, Poland
"She is living with her grandparents in the small city of Przemysl while her mother, Roza, and younger sister, Ariana, a child actor billed as the Polish Shirley Temple, remain in Warsaw."
Warsaw, Mazovia, Poland
"She is living with her grandparents in the small city of Przemysl while her mother, Roza, and younger sister, Ariana, a child actor billed as the Polish Shirley Temple, remain in Warsaw."
Zaleszczyki, Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukraine
"Renia modeled a traditional costume in Zaleszczyki, Poland, which today is part of Ukraine."
New York City, New York, United States
"Roza and Ariana Spiegel survived and eventually immigrated to New York City."
New York, United States
"Ariana, now known as Elizabeth Bellak, taught school, married and had two children."
Israel
"Renias Diary, written in Polish by Renia Spiegel between 1939 and 1942, has now been translated into Hebrew for its recent publication in Israel, after its initial 2019 release in the United Kingdom, the United States and 21 other countries."

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