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Karen Kirsten is a US-based Australian author of the World War II memoir Irena’s Gift. She is an educator who speaks in high schools and universities.

I tell my family’s Holocaust story while I advocate for Palestinians and Israelis

I tell my family’s Holocaust story while I advocate for Palestinians and Israelis

I exist only because a Nazi SS officer saved my mother’s life. History and human behaviour are complicated. And now, we can cry for Gaza’s children and for Israeli victims of Hamas.

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Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/by/karen-kirsten-p5378d