I Want You to Know We're Still Here

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I Want You To Know We're Still Here by Esther Safran Foer: Ep 1 - A Revelation

I Want You To Know We're Still Here by Esther Safran Foer

Ep 1 - A Revelation

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Esther Safran Foer's story about her family, the Holocaust and keeping memory alive.

Esther Safran Foer tells the story of her quest to uncover how her family endured the Holocaust, and how she keeps the flame of memory alive. Read by Sara Kestelman.

Esther Safran Foer's haunting memoir tells the story of her quest to uncover how her family endured and survived the Holocaust across four generations.  Her determination to remember the lives of those lost takes her from her home in Washington to the sites of the shtetls where her parents lived and worked in Urkraine. Read by Sara Kestelman.

When Esther Safran Foer's mother made an extraordinary revelation about her father, Esther set out to uncover the truth about what happened to both her parents and their extended families during the brutal years of the Holocaust.  In the absence of memory, mementos, photos, or even names, Esther must find unique ways to record and remember the past.  What emerges is a powerful story about  loss, memory and the power of kinship and community.

Esther Safran Foer was the CEO of Sixth and I, a centre for arts, ideas and religion. She lives in Washington D.C with her husband Bert. They are the parents of Franklin, Jonathan, and  Joshua, and the grandparents of six.

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