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The Berlin Boxing Club Analysis
The conflict of the novel “The Berlin Boxing Club” is that a young boy named karl, is a jew but doesn't look like one during the time that adolf hitler ruled germany. During the time jews were not allowed in many schools ,and apartments so karl, and his family had a very hard time living. Karl got beat up at school, so max schmeling insisted in training him in boxing so he can defend himself, because at that time jewish business got attacked by the nazis and max wanted him to be able to defend himself.

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