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Source: The Guardian

11-8-18

'Terrible times are coming': the Holocaust diary that lay unread for 70 years

Jewish teenager Renia Spiegel was executed in Poland days after her 18th birthday. Decades after her diary resurfaced in America, it is finally set to be read by the world.

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'Terrible times are coming': the Holocaust diary that lay unread for 70 years