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The next day, announcements appeared on the walls, ordering all children to report to the Umschlagplatz

15m read Translated from Yiddish by Maurice Wolfthal

They all feared the summer, but no one spoke of it. And now it was setting in. Gradually. Unhurriedly. Relentlessly.

13m read Translated from Polish by Antonia Lloyd-Jones

He never forgot the first time they met. The municipal building stood in the heart of the old part of the city

23m read Translated from Hebrew by Jessica Setbon

No such command had been issued, and no one had ever considered who it was that had granted the family such unlimited rights.

9m read Translated from Yiddish by Ruth Murphy

Motive. Well, we had no shortage of that. Two hundred and ten years of all the worst crimes you could possibly imagine.

9m read

When he died, their father had two requests. The first was easy: Visit the gravesite once a month and recite the Mourner’s Kaddish.

30m read

Sol sits apart from the others on an empty ammunition box and writes how much he misses them.

11m read

Menachem and Shoshana Laufer dedicated their retirement to an array of hobbies and endeavors they’d neglected over the years.

17m read Translated from Hebrew by Yardenne Greenspan

From this entire seething adventure, crime, tragic incident (I don’t know how best to identify what happened before my eyes

20m read Translated from Russian by Emilia A. Shrayer and Mira Isabella Shrayer

Will’s parents must have decided together that Sandra would be the one to help them die.

31m read

I’m often asked why I chose to be a bus driver. It’s long hours with little pay, and the frequent strikes are an added benefit.

28m read

Am I the only grandson on the planet who doesn’t remember his grandparents with fondness and nostalgia?

27m read

At the head of the table, a man nearing the end of his middle years sat in starched shirtsleeves

16m read