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Irving LublinerHolocaust survivor, Felicia Lubliner felt driven to remind us that the millions who perished were not defined by their deaths but by their lives-their joys, dreams, loves. -
Courtesy of Yad Vashem, Wikimedia CommonsJPR’s Vanessa Finney discusses “Only Hope: A Survivor’s Stories of the Holocaust” with book editor Irving Lubliner, director Liisa Ivary, and Christine Williams, who narrates the audiobook and stars in the play.
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