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Monday: The Year of Goodbyes by Debbie Levy In 1938, Hitler and
his Nazi party were making the Jewish population of Germany the
scapegoats for all of Germany's economic woes. Jewish men were
losing their jobs and their businesses. Jewish children were 
expelled from public schools. Jewish family assets and property
were being seized.   In January, 1938, Jutta Salzberg received a
poesiealbum. These are blank books and apparently, were popular
in Germany in the 1930s. Author, Debbie Levy explains that  they
are comparable to autograph albums here in the U.S.  Amidst all
this uncertainty and tension, Jutta and her friends attempted to
carry on a childhood and to cultivate their friendships. Jutta's
friends wrote, with their best penmanship, entries into Jutta's
Debbie Levy, juxtaposed entries from her mother's poesiealbum
with her own free verse poems. These poems, which were created
in consultation with her mother, provide both historical context
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