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Worlds Apart: The Journeys of My Jewish Family in Twentieth Century Europe, with Nadia Ragozhina

Nadia Ragozhina

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Worlds Apart: The Journeys of My Jewish Family in Twentieth Century Europe, with Nadia Ragozhina

Featuring: Nadia Ragozhina

Worlds Apart is a remarkable family memoir that tells the story of two brothers, Adolphe and Marcus. Separated at the turn of the twentieth century, Adolphe settles in Switzerland, whereas Marcus ends up in Moscow, inspired by his Communist believes. They would never meet again. In her first book, BBC journalist and author Nadia Ragozhina rediscovers the missing part of the family and pieces together the stories hidden for generations. The lives of Adolphe's and Marcus' daughters and granddaughters are set against the Russian Revolution, Stalin's repressions, the persecution of Jews across Europe and the Second World War. These are stories of ordinary people, trying to survive against the backdrop of some of the most tumultuous events of the twentieth century.

Presented as part of the Yiddish Book Center’s 2022 Decade of Discovery – Women in Yiddish.

This event took place on March 31, 2022. It was presented online by the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, MA.

This recording was digitized and added to the library in November 2022.

This recording is in English

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