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This devastating story of a hidden child during WWII will change how you think about France and the Holocaust

JL;DR SUMMARY Alfred J. Lakritz's memoir "Adieu: A Memoir of Holocaust Survival" delivers a gripping account of his life as a hidden child in Nazi-occupied France, exploring the complexities of survival, collaboration, and heroism. 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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IdentityHolocaustMemoirNazisFranceJewish ResistanceSurvivalRescueHidden ChildrenVichy France

Places mentioned

Marmande, Lot-et-Garonne, France
"So as illegals, we were granted a temporary visa to stay in Marmande."
St. Tropez, Var, France
"Many famous tourist spots St. Tropez, for example play a role here."
Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
"The Webers, as they were then known, married in 1933 and lived in Kiel, Germany."
Majdanek, Lublin, Poland
"the local Jewish resistance is arrested, sent to Drancy, and then murdered in Majdanek."
Oakland, California, United States
"postwar life in Oakland, California, by which time she is known as Mary."

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