Exhibit
32

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS
ADOPTED PURSUANT TOSECTION 906 OF THE
SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

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|In connection with the
 Quarterly Report of Trans World Entertainment Corporation (the Company) on
 Form 10-Q for the period ending October 31, 2009 as filed with the Securities
 and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the Report), we, Robert J.
 Higgins, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and John J.
 Sullivan, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the
 Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to
 Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to the best of our
 knowledge:
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|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | (1) | The Report fully complies
 with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
 Act of 1934; and                               
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|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | (2) | The information contained
 in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial
 condition and results of operations of the Company.

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|/s/ Robert J. Higgins                 |  | /s/ John J. Sullivan          | 
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|Robert J. Higgins                     |  | John J. Sullivan              | 
|Chairman and Chief
 Executive Officer |  | Executive Vice President
 and | 
|                                      |  | Chief Financial Officer       | 
|December 10, 2009                     |  | December 10, 2009             | 

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