Ben Kamm: Teens Against Hitler

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Melody Clavesilla
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Teens against Hitler
Ben Kamm was one of the Jewish teens who fought the Nazis, 60 million people died in the war. Ben grew up in Warsaw, Poland, in the 1920s and ‘30s. Adolf Hitler, Germany’s Leader, hated the Jews, he was plotting the Annihilation. Ben Kamm’s experiences during the Holocaust changed him by making him clever, terrified, and stronger.
Ben was clever when he left and entered

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