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Sarah Ansbacher

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Sarah Ansbacher is the author of eight books, with her first published when she was just eighteen. Born in London, her storytelling draws from a deep interest in Jewish history, heritage, and culture, exploring themes of identity, resilience, and belonging.

Her latest work is a historical fiction trilogy following Jewish refugees who fled Nazi Europe via the Danube River in 1940 – a largely forgotten chapter of WWII history. Another Shore and Wave After Wave bring these true stories to life through extensive archival research and conversations with those who experienced these events as children, or are the children of survivors.

Sarah's other works include Ayuni and Passage From Aden: Stories From A Little Museum In Tel Aviv, based on her ti ...more

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A Pocket Guide to Defiance – Times of Israel

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In the summer of 1940, residents of Haifa heard air raid sirens for the first time. A sound that would become tragically familiar to generations of Israelis in the decades that followed.

That same year, 1,800 Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi-occupied Europe arrived in Haifa Bay, hoping to find safety in Eretz Israel. What happened next was a betrayal that has largely been forgotten by history.

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