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Meet Author, Holocaust Survivor Dr. Avraham Perlmutter At Free Ocean Park Library Event:

Meet Dr. Avraham Perlmutter

Santa Monica Public Library’s Ocean Park Branch will host Dr. Avraham Perlmutter, author of “Determined: The Story of a Holocaust Survivor,” on Tuesday, July 14 at 6 pm.

Dr. Perlmutter will discuss his experience escaping Nazi capture three times as a young boy, eventually winning his freedom.

The autobiography takes readers from his childhood, through Nazi occupation, to his efforts to establish the State of Israel, and into adulthood in the United States.

“Determined: The Story of a Holocaust Survivor” was recently announced as the winner in the Autobiography / Biography category of the Amsterdam Book Festival Awards

Copies of the book will be available for sale and signing following the program.

For more information about this event, contact the Ocean Park Branch Library: 310.458.8683 or go to the Santa Monica Public Library website: http://www.smpl.org.

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