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How Saul Rubinek’s best lie helped him get to the truth about his family’s Holocaust history

JL;DR SUMMARY Saul Rubinek's latest book, "All In The Telling: A Somewhat True Story," intertwines memoir, Holocaust history, and fiction, shedding light on his family's harrowing experiences during 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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HolocaustJewish IdentityMemoirPolandIntergenerational TraumaFamily HistoryHolocaust SurvivalSaul RubinekCreative Non FictionSo Many Miracles

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Germany
"such as why their German great-grandfather had a skull and bones on his WWII uniform."
Durham, North Carolina, United States
"Originally from Durham, NC, she is a 2024 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, where she majored in sociology."
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
"at the University of Pennsylvania, where she majored in sociology."

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