New York Times story by Talia Dauer
Student Contest Winner: Hidden Child, Hidden Identity
Charles Heller learned he was part Jewish only after his relatives began to disappear.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/31/learning/student-contest-winner-the-story-of-a-holocaust-survivor.html
![Charles Heller in his home office. “I didn’t know what a Jew was,” he said. “But our household was full of Jewish men.”
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Credit…Talia Dauer
This piece is one of 10 winners of our 2022 Profile Contest. You can find more here. Talia Dauer, the author, is 17 and goes to Greenhill School in Addison, Texas.