We Share The Same Sky

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We Share The Same Sky is an intimate portrait of family history that tells the stories of two young women—Hana as a refugee who remains one step ahead of the Nazis at every turn, and Rachael, her granddaughter, on a search to retrace her grandmother’s history. Presented by USC Shoah Foundation, this…

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    • Nov 11, 2019 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 32m AVG DURATION
    • 7 EPISODES
    • 1 SEASONS


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    Chapter VII: A Strange Way of Feeling Alive

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2019 42:38


    "There were really two plans. One, was to become something -- somebody. Two, was to go back and see who was left."Support the show (http://sharethesamesky.com/contact-1)

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    Chapter VI: I'm Going To Jump

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2019 45:48


    "I was a citizen of nothing." Support the show (http://sharethesamesky.com/contact-1)

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    Chapter V: I Didn't Ask Him His Name

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2019 38:25


    I always think how different it is, what is in your head and what is in your reality.Support the show (http://sharethesamesky.com/contact-1)

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    Chapter IV: The End Of The World

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2019 11:46


    We went to the end of the world and back. We went to the site of their murder. We went to Sobibór.Support the show (http://sharethesamesky.com/contact-1)

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    Chapter III: This House Has Memories

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2019 33:30


    “She’s 16. She should be in school. She should be with her family. Her letters shouldn’t be censored. Sentences shouldn’t be blacked out. Envelopes shouldn’t be stamped with a swastika. But I guess you can get used to anything.”Support the show (http://sharethesamesky.com/contact-1)

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    Chapter II: Don't Make Waves

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2019 34:06


    The bridge always burned or was destroyed. There was no way to go back again. Once you made another step, you couldn't step back.Support the show (http://sharethesamesky.com/contact-1)

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    Chapter I: Like An Oak Tree

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2019 20:47


    In the years after her death, I uncovered an incredible archive of her life. She’d left behind boxes upon boxes of letters and photographs and diaries. There were preserved albums dating back to the 1920s and letters she’d sent to lovers. There were report cards and deportation papers and love notes from her parents censored by Nazis. Then, amidst all of these papers, I found a plain manila folder. It had a note on it, written in red ink in her shaky cursive handwriting. She’d written my name.Support the show (http://sharethesamesky.com/contact-1)

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