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Mark Klempner

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Mark Klempner is a historian, memoirist, and social commentator. The son of an immigrant who barely escaped the Holocaust, Klempner spent nearly a decade talking with and getting to know the Dutch rescuers in order to write The Heart Has Reasons: Dutch Rescuers of Jewish Children during the Holocaust. Klempner grew up in New York, and attended Cornell University, graduating Phi Beta Kappa in 1997, and winning a J. William Fulbright Fellowship. In 2000, he received an M.A. in folklore from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Klempner’s articles have appeared internationally in professional publications such as the Oral History Review, as well as in the Christian Science Monitor, Baltimore Sun, and other mainstream newspapers and ...more

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	The Heart Has Reasons: Dutch Rescuers of Jewish Children During the Holocaust, Updated Edition by Mark Klempner (Goodreads Author), Christopher R. Browning (Foreword) 4.48 avg rating — 130 ratings — published 2006 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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One Hand, One Heart: Meeting Leonard Bernstein

Yesterday was the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Leonard Bernstein. To celebrate, I posted a piece on facebook about the time I met him when I was a seventeen-year-old street busker in Cambridge. I am now posting it here also.

One Hand, One Heart: Meeting Leonard Bernstein
by Mark Klempner

As the world celebrates Leonard Bernstein’s centennial year, I am reminded of my own encounter with Read more of this blog post »

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