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12/02-- Robert Melson's book, "False Papers: Deception and Survival in the Holocaust," chronicles his family's escape from the Nazis during World War II. Melson, a political science professor at Purdue University, was only 4 years old when his family changed their names and identities in an attempt to survive the holocaust. His mother had acquired false documents that allowed the family to masquerade as Polish aristocrats right in front of the Nazis. The story is based on 17 hours of taped interviews with Melson's parents, conducted in July 1978, and Melson's own memories. (Purdue News Service photo/Dave Umberger)
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