Karen Kirsten
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A former marketing executive, Karen Kirsten is an Australian-American writer, genocide educator and refugee advocate. Raised in Australia by a Holocaust survivor mother and grandparents who silenced her questions about extermination camps, Karen lectures around the world on hatred and reconciliation. Karen has lived in five countries across three continents and now calls Massachusetts, USA, home.
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Why Karen Kirsten chose to share her family’s true World War II story
Karen Kirsten shares what it was like writing her family history and the research process behind her new book, Irena’s Gift.