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WORLD'Stay Alive,' about daily life in Nazi Berlin, shows how easy it is to just go alongHistorian Ian Buruma chronicles the lives of ordinary Berliners — including his own father — during World War II. <em>Stay Alive</em> is about the past, but has powerful lessons for the present.NPR·2w ago
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