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Danny M. Cohen

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Born

London, The United Kingdom

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http://www.dannymcohen.com

Genre

Historical Fiction, Young Adult, Thriller

Member Since

March 2013

URL

https://www.goodreads.com/dannymcohen

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10 things about me...
[1] I write fiction about history and memory. My novel TRAIN and my choose-your-own-pathway short story THE 19TH WINDOW are inspired by hidden Holocaust histories.
[2] I wrote the foreword to 'Present Past' by Ava Kadishson Schieber, and I co-wrote (with Phyllis Lassner) the foreword to 'I Was A Doctor In Auschwitz' by Gisella Perl.
[3] I'm currently working on the sequel to TRAIN (it's probably a trilogy) and I've been adapting the novel into a screenplay.
[4] I'm a learning scientist and professor at Northwestern University. I write academic research articles and teach classes on Holocaust memory, hidden narratives, museums and memorials, film and fiction, and education design.
[5] I'm the founder of Unsilence, a nation ...more

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	I Was a Doctor in Auschwitz by Gisella Perl, Phyllis Lassner (Introduction), Danny M. Cohen (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 4.57 avg rating — 1,216 ratings — published 1948 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Train 4.52 avg rating — 286 ratings — published 2015 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Present Past by Ava Kadishson Schieber, Danny M. Cohen (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“In wartime, everyone's birthday turns into a commemoration of something so sad.”
― Danny M. Cohen, Train

tags: commemoration, holocaust, second-world-war, war, world-war-ii

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“Rumors are the children of truth.”
― Danny M. Cohen, Train

tags: genocide, historical-fiction, history, holocaust

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“One could have mistakenly assumed that each train could choose its own destination. But there was no choice. The Nazi operator sat in the station booth, his hands on levers and switches, forcing each train along its given path.”
― Danny M. Cohen, Train

tags: choice, fate, holocaust, nazi, no-choice

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“They'll never know we were here.”
― Danny M. Cohen, Train

tags: genocide, holocaust, jewish, lgbt, roma

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tags: choice, fate, holocaust, nazi, no-choice

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“Rumors are the children of truth.”
― Danny M. Cohen, Train

tags: genocide, historical-fiction, history, holocaust

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“In wartime, everyone's birthday turns into a commemoration of something so sad.”
― Danny M. Cohen, Train

tags: commemoration, holocaust, second-world-war, war, world-war-ii

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“Our glass train, on fragile tracks
Beneath bombs that fall like the flood
To wash away the shards
—But all this sorrow will recede
And we will leave
Two by two
And until then, I will only think of you.”
― Danny M. Cohen, Train

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