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  • Human Rights Under Democracy Can Disappear Fast

    Human Rights Under Democracy Can Disappear Fast

    by Joanie Schirm on June 16, 2026

    Over two decades of researching my nonfiction trilogy, I often delved into the darker sides of the mind and heart. Having never known my paternal grandparents—they were killed in the Holocaust in 1942—I discovered their lives through letters. Of the 400 letters Dad preserved, 44 were from his parents, along with other documents he obtained…

  • Adventurers Against Their Will featured in Holocaust Education Book

    Adventurers Against Their Will featured in Holocaust Education Book

    by Joanie Schirm on October 12, 2016

    ‘Literature Can Help Bring Forward Every Aspect of Human Life.’ (from the book: Essentials of Holocaust Education: Fundamental Issues and Approaches) An author’s life is never dull.  After almost nine years, I’ve nearly finished my second and third books (My Dear Boy and Steadfast Ink). As they go through final edits, I’ve entered the stage…