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Nechama was born in Lublin, Poland.
She enjoyed a comfortable life and
studied with a tutor. When the war
broke out, her father was forced to
turn his business over to a non-Jew,
and the family paid to hide with a
Polish family in Kielce, Poland. After
the war, Nechama married and came to
the United States so her husband could
study medicine. They remained in the
United States, and Nechama earned her
doctorate in sociology. She is a professor
of sociology at the University of Connecticut
and has written her autobiography and
several monographs on topics dealing
with the Holocaust. As a recognized
Holocaust scholar, she speaks to communities
throughout the United States and has
just been appointed to the Council
of the United States Holocaust Memorial
Museums.
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