Young Woman's Secret Diary Describes Life Under Nazism

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PARIS -- On some days her world was awash in light, on others dark shadows enveloped her and all of Paris.

The secret diary of a young Jewish woman recounting two years under the Nazi occupation portrays the slow shattering of her life, ending with her deportation on her 24th birthday and death in a concentration camp.

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Young Woman's Secret Diary Describes Life Under Nazism

Helene Berr's account of life under occupation was destined for her fiance, Jean Morawiecki, who had left Paris to join the Resistance. She secreted the loose pages with the family cook. The diary was turned over to Morawiecki after her death in Apri...

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