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The Confidante: The Untold Story of the Woman Who Helped Win WWII and Shape Modern America is the first-ever biography of Anna Marie Rosenberg, the Hungarian Jewish immigrant who became FDR's closest advisor during World War II and, according to Life, "the most important official woman in the world"—a woman of many firsts, whose story, forgotten for too long, is extraordinary, inspiring, and uniquely American. As Franklin D. Roosevelt's special envoy to Europe in World War II she went where the president couldn't go. She was among the first Allied women to enter a liberated concentration camp, and stood in the Eagle's Nest, Hitler's mountain retreat, days after its capture. She guided the direction of the G.I. Bill of Rights and the Manhattan Project. Though Anna Rosenberg emerged from modest immigrant beginnings, equipped with only a high school education, she was the real power behind national policies critical to America winning the war and prospering afterward. Astonishingly, her story remains largely forgotten. Are you interested in reading about the remarkable life and achievements of this Hungarian Jewish immigrant in this Goodreads Choice Awards Nominee book?
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