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Episode 75: Eleanor Reissa's Invisible Birthmark
Can We Talk?
English - April 26, 2022 14:44 - 21 minutes - 19.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 136 ratingsSociety & Culture History jewish women jews judaism feminism social activism history education Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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After a career spent telling other people's stories, Eleanor Reissa has finally uncovered her own. It started with 56 letters she found in a drawer while cleaning out her late mother's apartment. They were letters from her father to her mother, just a few years after they had both survived World War II. The letters sent Eleanor on a search to retrace her family history in Europe, which she chronicles in her new memoir, The Letters Project: A Daughter's Journey. In this episode of Can We Talk?, Nahanni Rous talks with Eleanor about how her life has been defined by being the daughter of people who lived through the Holocaust.