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Toby Sonneman

Toby Sonneman is the author of Shared Sorrows: A Gypsy Family Remembers the Holocaust.

  • German police guard a group of Roma who have been rounded up for deportation to Poland. Germany, 1940-1945. (US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Lydia Chagoll)
    German police guard a group of Roma who have been rounded up for deportation to Poland. Germany, 1940-1945. (US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Lydia Chagoll)
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    Remembering the Sinti and Roma of Auschwitz

    On August 2, 1944, Nazis liquidated the concentration camp’s Gypsy section

    byToby Sonneman
  • Wolfram Kastner burns a black circle into the Königsplatz lawn in Munich to commemorate the Nazis' May 10, 1933 book burning in the same spot. (Wolfram Kastner)
    Wolfram Kastner burns a black circle into the Königsplatz lawn in Munich to commemorate the Nazis' May 10, 1933 book burning in the same spot. (Wolfram Kastner)
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    German Artist Marks Book Burning With Reading

    Wolfram Kastner converts a dark anniversary into a celebration of words

    byToby Sonneman
  • The author's father's immigrant identification card issued March 17, 1939.
    The author's father's immigrant identification card issued March 17, 1939.
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    Why St. Patrick’s Day Is My Jewish Family’s Favorite Holiday

    The parade was what my father first saw when he arrived from Nazi Germany

    byToby Sonneman
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    After Sukkot Is Over, Don’t Discard That Etrog!

    The citron, essential for Sukkot rituals, can be put to many wonderful uses after the holiday

    byToby Sonneman
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