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Pamela Rotner Sakamoto

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Fluent in Japanese, Pamela lived in Kyoto and Tokyo for seventeen years. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Amherst College, she holds a doctorate from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. Pamela works offsite as an expert consultant on Japan-related projects for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. and has taught in the University of Hawaii System. She teaches history at Punahou School in Honolulu.

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	Midnight in Broad Daylight: A Japanese American Family Caught Between Two Worlds 4.30 avg rating — 2,488 ratings — published 2016 — 17 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
	Japanese Diplomats and Jewish Refugees: A World War II Dilemma really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1998 — 4 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
	The Holocaust Oral History Project The Unlikely Liberators 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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
	黒い雨に撃たれて　上：二つの祖国を生きた日系人家族の物語 by パメラ・ロトナー・サカモト, Pamela Rotner Sakamoto (Goodreads Author), 池田年穂 (Translator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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
	黒い雨に撃たれて下 :二つの祖国を生きた日系人家族の物語 by パメラ・ロトナー・サカモト, Pamela Rotner Sakamoto (Goodreads Author), 池田年穂 (Translator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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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Remembering Shanghai: A Memoir of Socialites, Scholars and Scoundrels

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Pamela Sakamoto said: " I highly recommend this elegant family memoir that transports the reader to an exotic and turbulent China and Hong Kong, capturing history in the most immersive, personal way. "

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The Geography of Genius: A Search for the World's Most Creative Places from Ancient Athens to Silicon Valley

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“Each person, caught up in the moment, had no inkling that this was the last time this group would ever be together.”
― Pamela Rotner Sakamoto, Midnight in Broad Daylight: A Japanese American Family Caught Between Two Worlds

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“Harry crouched at the caves’ opening. The stench of urine, feces, blood, and putrid flesh was overpowering. He entered and kneeled over the men inside. Since he had no idea whether the enemy soldiers were dead or alive, he held a mirror close to their mouths. A couple of times, the glass fogged and Harry had the GIs carry out the few who were still breathing. The moment the ailing men were exposed to the brash sunlight, they succumbed”
― Pamela Rotner Sakamoto, Midnight in Broad Daylight: A Japanese American Family Caught Between Two Worlds

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“Physicians arrived in Hiroshima, trying to determine why so many patients were dying every two to three days.”
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