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- 1 2 3 Tom Tapp (7 April 2022). "'Schindler's List' Actress Who Played Film's 'Little Girl In The Red Coat' Is Now 32 And Helping Ukrainian Refugees Enter Poland". Deadline.
- ↑ Andrew Pulver (4 March 2013). "'Red coat girl' traumatised by experience of watching Schindler's List". The Guardian.
- ↑ Jonathan Edwards (21 April 2022). "She wore a red coat in 'Schindler's List.' Now she's helping Ukrainians". Washington Post.
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