Robert Adams on Elie Wiesel's The Forgotten

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Robert Adams on Elie Wiesel's The Forgotten

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Apr 15, 2011

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Popular Welsh-born storyteller Robert Adams reviews Elie Wiesel's novel, The Forgotten, the profoundly moving story of an ailing Holocaust survivor who lives with disturbing memories and entrusts his son with a mysterious mission. Adams' talk was delivered at the Beth Emeth Bais Yehuda Synagogue on November 2nd, 2010, as part of Holocaust Education Week.

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Robert Adams on Elie Wiesel's The Forgotten

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