{"product_id":"9781944037178","title":"Careful Old Letters: A Jewish Family's Story: Lodz-Warsaw-Paris","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e​Careful Old Letters​\u003c\/i\u003e​ by Alexandra Weinbaum is a family history based on 169​ ​letters and postcards from Lodz, Warsaw, Grenoble and Paris, before, during and​ ​after World War II. Her parents grew up in Lodz, Poland and studied and lived in​ ​Grenoble and Paris from 1928 to 1938, when they emigrated to the United States.​ ​Following her parents' deaths, her son discovered the letters, written in Polish,​ ​German and French, in a tattered carton box labeled \"Careful Old Letters.\" The prewar​ ​letters provide a vivid picture of life in Paris for Polish émigré students. The​ ​wartime letters written in desperate times tell the story of the family's internment​ ​in the Lodz and Warsaw Ghettos and the survival of two family members.​\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e​​\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e​\"After her parents' deaths, Alexandra Weinbaum found a unique collection of her family's​ ​letters that document the love and anguish of a Jewish family trying to survive the horrors​ ​of the Holocaust in Lodz, Warsaw, and Paris. Careful Old Letters tells their story, providing​ ​useful historical context to situate these powerful letters in the desperate times in which they​ ​were written. It's also the author's own story, chronicling the complicated feelings as she​ ​slowly takes in the hidden story of her family's resilience and despair.\"​ ​-Lisa Moses Leff, American University, author of ​\u003ci\u003e​The Archive Thief: The Man Who​ Salvaged French Jewish History in the Wake of the Holocaust​\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e​\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e​\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e​ALEXANDRA WEINBAUM grew up Philadelphia, received her B.A. at Smith College, and a Ph.D.​ ​in Russian History from Columbia University. Much of her career has been devoted to improving​ ​educational opportunities for underserved and low-income students in K-12 education. For 20 years​ ​she developed and led educational initiatives at AED, now FHI360. She was the lead author of the​ ​book ​\u003ci\u003e​Teaching as Inquiry​\u003c\/i\u003e​ from Teachers College Press. In writing ​\u003ci\u003e​Careful Old Letters​\u003c\/i\u003e​ she has returned​ ​to her love of history through telling her family's story as revealed in the box of letters that was​ ​discovered 20 years ago.​\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e​\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Epigraph Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47044413325552,"sku":"9781944037178","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781944037178_p0.jpg?v=1763788287","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781944037178","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}