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I Seek a Kind Person review: ‘the British small ads that saved Jews from the Nazis’

JL;DR SUMMARY Julian Borger's book, "I Seek a Kind Person," reveals the poignant and lesser-known method by which many European Jews attempted to escape Nazi terror: classifieds ads seeking sanctuary for their children in safer lands. 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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HolocaustNazi GermanyViennaRefugeesRescueSurvivor TraumaClassified AdsRobert BorgerJulian BorgerManchester Guardian

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