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WWII is something contemporary readers already know a lot about. If our schools are doing their jobs, they know about the invasion of Normandy, the Hitler Youth, the Holocaust, and at least a few of the horrors of the Eastern Front.
Anthony Doerr
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Anthony Doerr
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: October 27
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