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Max J. Friedman on Why He Chose to Write a Memoir About His Holocaust-Surviving Parents

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

April 11, 2023

Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world’s leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological issues being discussed in the news, right now.

In this episode, Andrew talks to the author of Painful Joy: A Holocaust Family Memoir, Max J. Friedman about why he chose to write a memoir about Sam and Frieda Friedman, his Holocaust surviving parents

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