Show Notes
12 Years That Shook the World explores stories of real people, the choices they made, and specific moments in Holocaust history from 1933–1945.
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Torn down, heartbroken, and losing hope, Zvi, Miriam and Leon face even more loss. Then in Spring 1944, Eyshishok is liberated. They return home and face the question, with their world destroyed, what happens now? View Show Transcript
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