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Let sleeping dogs lie

by Mirjam Pressler

Cover of Let sleeping dogs lie

After a school trip to Israel, Johanna discover's that her German grandfather acquired a clothing store during the Nazi regime according to the anti-Semitic laws of the Third Reich rather than starting it himself as her family has always stated. She struggles with whether to keep silent or to question her family's history.

Children's fictionClothing and dress, fictionGrandparents, fictionSelf-esteem, fictionClothing tradeJuvenile fictionHolocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)World War, 1939-1945Confiscations and contributionsAryanizationAntisemitismSecrets