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Lingard's belief in tolerance and social justice was difficult to acquire living in Europe during the war years, but it is a belief that young people today try hard to embrace. It is hard for today's teenagers to imagine what it was like to live in the midst of a wartime battlefield; World War II and the holocaust seem so far removed from present-day concerns. But World War II left indelible marks on society in many ways. In The File on Fraulein Berg, as in her other novels, Lingard helps young people realize that the war greatly impacted our value system.
In order to help teenagers put World War II in perspective, they need to gain an understanding of what else was going on in Europe besides the fighting. Lingard helps bring the picture into focus. Prejudice and social injustice threaten the very fabric of our...
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