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Holocaust survivor Robbie Waisman's life story is now an award-winning YA book

JL;DR SUMMARY In this episode, Holocaust survivor Robbie Waisman and co-author Susan McClelland discuss their newly awarded book, "Boy From Buchenwald," which aims to educate young adults on the Holocaust's impact through Waisman's life story. 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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Holocaust  Young Adult Literature  Resilience  Holocaust Education  Canada  Kristallnacht  Buchenwald  Robbie Waisman  Residential Schools 

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