When an anonymous postcard arrives in the mail along with the usual winter holiday cards, the lives of everyone in the close Parisian family are suddenly sent into a tailspin. On it are the names of four family members murdered at Auschwitz decades ago. But who sent it, and why? Thus, begins a journey that becomes a compelling investigation into family secrets, a poignant tale of mothers and daughters, and a luminous story of a Jewish family devastated by the Holocaust yet partially restored through the power of storytelling.
Dr. Linda Burghardt, Scholar-in-Residence, will lead the discussion.