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Janet Singer Applefield

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Memoir, Young Adult, History

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Janet Singer Applefield holds a Master of Social Work from Boston University. Working with the nonprofit, Facing History and Ourselves, and the Massachusetts Cultural Council, she speaks to 4,000 students a year about her experiences as a child hidden during the Holocaust and the importance of standing up to bigotry and hate. Over the past 40 years, she has presented her story at hundreds of venues including the Massachusetts State House, Faneuil Hall in Boston, Harvard University, Vanderbilt University, Westminster Synagogue in London, and the Galicia Jewish Museum in Krakow, Poland.

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Becoming Janet: Finding Myself in the Holocaust

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