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The Holocaust survivor writer who can help us through this ominous era

JL;DR SUMMARY Arnošt Lustig, a Czech Jewish writer and Holocaust survivor, used his harrowing experiences in Nazi concentration camps to create profound art that explores justice and humanity. 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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HolocaustHolocaust SurvivorHumanityJusticeCompassionLiteratureHuman DignityArnošt LustigBlack LionMoral Crises

Places mentioned

Prague, Prague, Hlavní mešto, Czechia
"This fall, I read a story set in Prague during World War II in which three boys, two of whom escaped from a concentration camp, watch as armed Czechs consider forcing two Germans to jump out an apartment window to certain death but decide to hand them over to authorities instead."
Warsaw, Mazovia, Poland
"The short story The Last Day of the Fire zooms in on one old man and his grandson during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising;"
United States
"and then go and read the news about ICE raids and schoolchildren here in the United States."
Gaza, Palestinian Territories
"You can put that into Gaza, Israel, Sudan, Tanzania."
Israel
"You can put that into Gaza, Israel, Sudan, Tanzania."
Sudan
"You can put that into Gaza, Israel, Sudan, Tanzania."
Tanzania
"You can put that into Gaza, Israel, Sudan, Tanzania."

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