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![]() ![]() In The Book of Lost Names, they also receive the painful reminder that Nazis looted more than artwork, heirlooms and books: They stole whole identities, particularly those of children forced to give up their names and religion in exchange for survival. In the sure hands of Harmel, who has dealt with the Holocaust in earlier works of fiction, readers learn how the confluence of ingenuity and courage saved lives. ![]() The true accounts of the successful use of forgery by anti-fascists is fascinating and fertile ground for exploration. ![]() In Eva Traube, her protagonist, Harmel has limned a rich portrait of a Jewish woman who becomes involved in a War World II underground operation that relied on the creation of fake identifications and other official documents to smuggle Jewish children out of Nazi-occupied France and to aid Resistance efforts. The backdrop to Kristin Harmel’s latest novel is war-torn France its backbone is the heroism of ordinary people during times of undue duress. ![]()
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