There are select writings drawn from a collection of more than two thousand Dutch diaries written during World War II and maintained by devoted archivists. Siegal's first nonfiction book is The Diary Keepers, and it is a compelling look at the story of World War II and the Holocaust told through the diaries of Dutch citizens in firsthand accounts of ordinary people living through extraordinary times. She received a 2021 Writing Creative Non-Fiction Grant. Siegal is also a doctoral candidate in the Amsterdam School for Heritage, Memory, and Material Culture at the University of Amsterdam. Nina Siegal is a journalist who has worked for the New York Times as a writer for the City section covering Harlem and The Bronx, as well as The Wall Street Journal and The Economist, among other outlets and a novelist who has authored two books, A Little Trouble with the Facts and The Anatomy Lesson. The Diary Keepers: World War II in the Netherlands, as Written by the People Who Lived Through It
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