{"product_id":"echoes-of-exile-a-familys-odyssey-through-the-holocaust-and-cold-war-9780817362119","title":"Echoes of Exile: A Family's Odyssey Through the Holocaust and Cold War","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eA sweeping exploration of survival, resilience, and the fate of one family amid Europe's most turbulent century\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEchoes of Exile\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the seismic disruptions of twentieth-century European history through the intimate lens of one family's struggle to survive. Setting out to record the life of her mother, Ruth, Daniela Spenser unearthed personal facts and stories that additionally illuminate the shared traumas and experiences of millions of Czech, Polish, and German Jews who died in the Holocaust, as well as the stories of those who survived and lived under Communism and the Cold War. Her resulting work is a fascinating hybrid that combines family letters and interviews with deeply researched political history spanning from the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire to the fall of the Berlin Wall. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Spenser's fascinating work reveals the difficult choices her mother and family faced, the tests to their loves and loyalties, and the lingering scars of exile. More than a family history, it weaves personal and historical narratives with mundane and momentous threads to create a fresh, distinctive fabric. Spenser recovers fragments of the past that contribute to a map of the present and possibilities for the future. An engrossing account of survival, resilience, and the enduring human spirit amid the maelstrom of Europe's savage twentieth century, \u003ci\u003eEchoes of Exile\u003c\/i\u003e will interest readers who value firsthand accounts of significant events and who seek to understand the complexities of survival, identity, and political change through intimate, lived experiences. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaniela Spenser\u003c\/b\u003e is a fellow at CIESAS (Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social) in Mexico City. She is author of \u003ci\u003eThe Impossible Triangle: Mexico, Soviet Russia, and the United States in the 1920s\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eStumbling Its Way Through Mexico: The Early Years of the Communist International\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University Alabama Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51552864010514,"sku":"9780817362119","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7a86085d-6d87-448d-9a61-9e714b899521.jpg?v=1754908986","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/echoes-of-exile-a-familys-odyssey-through-the-holocaust-and-cold-war-9780817362119","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}