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Dreaming of Hitler
From the postwar generation, a memoir of self-hatred
August
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1989
Daphne Merkin
The Douglas Brothers
Dreaming of Hitler
Daphne Merkin
August
1
1989
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Dreaming of Hitler
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1989
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The Douglas Brothers
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