Poet, author and translator Maya Dimerli was born in Odessa, Ukraine. She is currently head of the ‘Odessa UNESCO City of ...

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The "Anne Frank The Exhibition" is coming to New York City on Jan 27, International Holocaust Remembrance Day, giving people a glimpse into where she spent years of hiding to evade the Nazis during ...

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The head of the Vietnamese government, who arrived in Poland for the first official visit in 15 years, announced the removal ...