Hanna was born in Berlin , Germany , in 1931 . In October 1938 , two weeks before the Kristallnacht pogrom , she immigrated with her parents to Philadelphia , USA , to flee Nazi persecution of Jews . Hanna is a retired Professor of German at Sam Houston State University . She earned her undergraduate , Master 's and PhD degrees from Rice University in Houston , Texas , USA , where she presently resides , with her husband of more than 60 years , Dr. Bernard M. Lewis
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Hanna Lewis