Alanis Morrisette’s Family Amidst The Holocaust

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Singer-songwriter Alanis Morrisette traces her family history back to the holocaust. Some of them were able to flee, but what happened to those forced into the Nazi slave labor army? Discover it all on PBS’s Finding Your Roots.

“I feel welcomed into a community that I always had a crush on. I’ve always had a crush on Judaism. I would just show up at Passover and Seder and now I know why.

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