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Book Title: Unwanted : America, Auschwitz, and a Village Caught in between
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Item Length: 9.5in.
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Intended Audience: Adults
Modified Item: No
Subject: History
Vintage: No
Publication Year: 2019
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Era: 1940s
Item Height: 1.3in.
Author: Michael Dobbs
Features: Dust Jacket, Illustrated
Genre: Biographies & True Stories, History, Military, War & Combat, Biography & Autobiography, Social Science, Political Science
Topic: Combat, Judaism, Military History, Political History, True Military Stories, World War II, Holocaust, Military / World War II, Genocide & War Crimes, Jewish Studies, Jewish
Subjects: History & Military
Item Width: 6.6in.
Item Weight: 25.3 Oz
Number of Pages: 368 Pages
