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Name: My Holocaust
Author: Tova Reich

"My Holocaust" follows Maurice and Norman Messer, a father‑son partnership, as they travel to Auschwitz‑Birkenau to showcase the Holocaust for a potential donor. Along the way they encounter diverse groups—including Buddhist New Agers, Israeli schoolchildren, an artifact trader, and filmmakers—each hoping to claim a piece of Holocaust history. The story illustrates the contestation over memory and the ethical limits of commemorating human suffering.

First publish date: 2007

Genre: Humorous Fiction/Comic Satire

Authors: Tova Reich

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