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Featured Excerpt: Milena and Margarete: A Love Story in Ravensbrück

Milena, circa 1930. Photo Credit: Milena and Margarete.

by Gwen Strauss

by Gwen Strauss
From the moment they met in 1940 in the Ravensbrück concentration camp, Milena Jesenska and Margarete
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Featured Excerpt: Once There Was a Town

Lillian Chanales, portrait of author's grandmother pictured in mourning attire after husband's death.

by Jane Ziegelman

by Jane Ziegelman
Described as an "animated tapestry" by The Wall Street Journal, Jane Ziegelman's Once There Was
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Three New History Books to Read This January

January 2026 Upcoming History Books
With a new year comes a new set of history books publishing this month. Whether you've
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Featured Excerpt: The Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz

Auschwitz gate

by Anne Sebba

by Anne Sebba
An instant USA Today bestseller, The Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz by Anne Sebba is a vivid
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Remembering the Stories of the Holocaust

by The History Reader

by The History Reader
January 27 marks the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1945. Internationally, that day is
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Varian Fry: The Artist’s Oskar Schindler

by Kate Lord Brown
Varian Fry and The House of Dreams The House of Dreams has been maturing for twenty
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