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New Books in Jewish StudiesKaren Baum Gordon, "The Last Letter: A Father's Struggle, a Daughter's Quest, and the Long Shadow of the Holocaust" (U Tennessee Press, 2021)Born a German Jew in 1915, Rudy Baum was eighty-six years old when he sealed the garage door of his Dallas home, turned on the car ignition, and tried to end his life. After confronting her father’s attempted suicide, Karen Baum Gordon, Rudy’s daughter, began a sincere effort to understand the sequence of events that led her father to that dreadful day in 2002. What she found were hidden scars of generational struggles reaching back to the camps and ghettos of the Third Reich.In The Last Letter: A Father's Struggle, a Daughter's Quest, and the Long Shado...2023-03-271h 07
New Books in Genocide StudiesKaren Baum Gordon, "The Last Letter: A Father's Struggle, a Daughter's Quest, and the Long Shadow of the Holocaust" (U Tennessee Press, 2021)Born a German Jew in 1915, Rudy Baum was eighty-six years old when he sealed the garage door of his Dallas home, turned on the car ignition, and tried to end his life. After confronting her father’s attempted suicide, Karen Baum Gordon, Rudy’s daughter, began a sincere effort to understand the sequence of events that led her father to that dreadful day in 2002. What she found were hidden scars of generational struggles reaching back to the camps and ghettos of the Third Reich.In The Last Letter: A Father's Struggle, a Daughter's Quest, and the Long Shado...2023-03-271h 05
New Books in Military HistoryKaren Baum Gordon, "The Last Letter: A Father's Struggle, a Daughter's Quest, and the Long Shadow of the Holocaust" (U Tennessee Press, 2021)Born a German Jew in 1915, Rudy Baum was eighty-six years old when he sealed the garage door of his Dallas home, turned on the car ignition, and tried to end his life. After confronting her father’s attempted suicide, Karen Baum Gordon, Rudy’s daughter, began a sincere effort to understand the sequence of events that led her father to that dreadful day in 2002. What she found were hidden scars of generational struggles reaching back to the camps and ghettos of the Third Reich.In The Last Letter: A Father's Struggle, a Daughter's Quest, and the Long Shado...2023-03-271h 07
War BooksWorld War II – Letters from a German-Jewish Family in Frankfurt – Karen Baum GordonEp 007 - Nonfiction. My interview with Karen Baum Gordon on her new book, “The Last Letter: A Father's Struggle, a Daughter's Quest, and the Long Shadow of the Holocaust.”Karen’s book is the first of memoir-style work featured on the show, and man was I glad to talk to her. Karen’s story is an incredible chronicle of her father’s life—from his time growing up in a German-Jewish family, to emigrating to America, to returning to Germany to fight as an American soldier against Hitler. Karen’s father attempted suicide later in life, and this incredibl...2023-03-221h 04
Boston Public Radio PodcastBPR Full Show: A National DivorceToday on Boston Public Radio:
NBC's Chuck Todd discussed the latest national political headlines, including statements from the Georgia grand jury foreperson about their inquiry into former president Donald Trump's interference in the 2020 election in that state.
We opened the lines to hear from listeners about Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene's statements that red states and blue states should engage in a "national divorce," essentially separating the United States into two political factions.
Food policy writer Corby Kummer discussed how restaurants have pivoted since the start of the pandemic, like by offering subscriptions to...2023-02-232h 40
The History Factory PodcastS2E11: Holocaust Remembrance Day with Karen Baum GordonIn recognition of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, History Factory’s Jason Dressel sits down with author Karen Baum Gordon to discuss her book The Last Letter: A Father’s Struggle, a Daughter’s Quest, and the Long Shadow of the Holocaust, which explores the Holocaust’s impact on her family through the generations, the lost fragments of her family’s history, and her own Jewish identity.
Company history comes alive with “History Factory Plugged In.” We explore the rich heritage of major organizations and delve into industry trends in this thought-provoking podcast. If you have questions, comments or ideas to share, please...2023-01-2626 min
The Make Meaning PodcastEpisode 123 - Karen Baum Gordon - On Surviving the SurvivingIt took 10 years for Karen Baum Gordon to write and publish her memoir, The Last Letter: A father’s struggle, a daughter’s quest, and the long shadow of the Holocaust, under the guidance of a friend who was an editor at McGraw-Hill. The book explores generations of her family through letters, while grappling with the ancestral trauma and psychological legacy of terror, genocide and persecution. In the latest episode of the Make Meaning Podcast, Karen speaks with host Lynne Golodner about the complexities of identity, what inspired her to write a memoir even though she never cons...2022-04-2925 min
Access Essential Full Audiobooks in History, WorldThe Last Letter: A Father's Struggle, A Daughter's Quest and the Long Shadow of the Holocaust by Karen Baum GordonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552319 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Last Letter: A Father's Struggle, A Daughter's Quest and the Long Shadow of the Holocaust Author: Karen Baum Gordon Narrator: Christa Lewis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 33 minutes Release date: December 28, 2021 Genres: World Publisher's Summary: Born a German Jew in 1915, Rudy Baum was eighty-six years old when he sealed the garage door of his Dallas home, turned on the car ignition, and tried to end his life. After confronting her father's attempted suicide, Karen Baum Gordon, Rudy's daughter, began a sincere effort to understand the sequence of...2021-12-2830 min
Access Essential Full Audiobooks in History, WorldThe Last Letter: A Father's Struggle, A Daughter's Quest and the Long Shadow of the Holocaust by Karen Baum GordonPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552319to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Last Letter: A Father's Struggle, A Daughter's Quest and the Long Shadow of the Holocaust
Author: Karen Baum Gordon
Narrator: Christa Lewis
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 9 hours 33 minutes
Release date: December 28, 2021
Genres: World
Publisher's Summary:
Born a German Jew in 1915, Rudy Baum was eighty-six years old when he sealed the garage door of his Dallas home, turned on the car ignition, and tried to end his life. After confronting her father's attempted suicide, Karen Baum Gordon, Rudy's daughter, began a sincere effort to understand the sequence of events...2021-12-289h 33
Best-Selling Full Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, MemoirsThe Last Letter: A Father's Struggle, A Daughter's Quest and the Long Shadow of the Holocaust by Karen Baum GordonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552319 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Last Letter: A Father's Struggle, A Daughter's Quest and the Long Shadow of the Holocaust Author: Karen Baum Gordon Narrator: Christa Lewis Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 33 minutes Release date: December 28, 2021 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Born a German Jew in 1915, Rudy Baum was eighty-six years old when he sealed the garage door of his Dallas home, turned on the car ignition, and tried to end his life. After confronting her father's attempted suicide, Karen Baum Gordon, Rudy's daughter, began a sincere effort to understand the sequence of...2021-12-2830 minFind Best-Selling Full Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, MemoirsThe Last Letter: A Father's Struggle, A Daughter's Quest and the Long Shadow of the Holocaust by Karen Baum GordonPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/552319to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Last Letter: A Father's Struggle, A Daughter's Quest and the Long Shadow of the Holocaust
Author: Karen Baum Gordon
Narrator: Christa Lewis
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 9 hours 33 minutes
Release date: December 28, 2021
Genres: Memoirs
Publisher's Summary:
Born a German Jew in 1915, Rudy Baum was eighty-six years old when he sealed the garage door of his Dallas home, turned on the car ignition, and tried to end his life. After confronting her father's attempted suicide, Karen Baum Gordon, Rudy's daughter, began a sincere effort to understand the sequence of events...2021-12-289h 33
Friends & NeighborsKaren Baum GordonIn her new book, “The Last Letter,” author Karen Baum Gordon explores the events that shaped the lives of her father and his parents — two Holocaust victims that he tried in vain to save in the early years of World War II. In this painstakingly researched, heartbreaking and inspiring page-turner, Karen reminds us that we often need to dig deeper into our pain in order to manage it, and let go of it in order to move on.
2021-12-0131 min
Total Movie RecallTMR 045 – Labyrinth This week on Total Movie Recall, Steve and Ryan put on their codpieces and fret over the innocence of teenage girls around David Bowie. Don’t get us wrong, we love this movie, but why does this charming children’s tale have a character named after the part of the anatomy responsible for transporting sperm? And why do so many sequences resemble sperm? And if all of these things are symbols for sperm, what does the Bog of Eternal Stench represent? We shudder to think… Labyrinth (1986) d. Jim Henson w. Terry Jones 2020-11-021h 32