Klempner was quoted in the Cornell Chronicle online as saying: "The experience of interviewing the rescuers was surprisingly upbeat…. He recorded the testimony of dozens of these common citizens who shared with him their tales of heroism and hardships. In 1996 he received a grant to travel to the Netherlands and interview Dutch people who had rescued Jewish children during the Nazi occupation. SIDELIGHTS: Mark Klempner is an oral historian and folklorist. The Heart Has Reasons: Holocaust Rescuers and Their Stories of Courage, Pilgrim Press (Cleveland, OH), 2006.Ĭontributor to books, including The Oral History Reader, 2nd edition, edited by Robert Perks and Alistair Thomson, Routledge (Oxford, England), 2006 also contributor to journals and periodicals, including Tikkun, National Catholic Reporter, News & Observer, Oral History Review, and Historia y Fuente Oral. William Fulbright Award Robinson-Appel Humanitarian Award Conger Wood Research Fellowship Cornell Tradition Fellow. Worked as a professional musician for over twenty years has appeared as a commentator on National Public Radio's Morning Edition.ĪWARDS, HONORS: J. Education: Cornell University, A.B., 1997 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, M.A., 2000.ĪDDRESSES: Home and office-Apartado 296-4013, Atenas de Alajuela, Costa Rica.ĬAREER: Folklorist, oral historian, journalist, and public speaker. PERSONAL: Born 1955 married children: one son.
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