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In her writings, she explores the limitations imposed on Jewish women in
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Behrens was the daughter of Josef Oswald, a photographer, and Leni Oswald, an author and journalist. With her mother and grandmother, she went into hiding in the home of a
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The German-Jewish
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Keepers of the
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the relationships between women of different generations.
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