Voices Between – The Creative Conversations

"Vårt DNA visar utan tvivel att det inte finns några människoraser". Leon Weintraub i samtal med Julie Lindahl

Den 27 januari 1945 när Auschwitz befriades var en vanlig dag som alla andra för Leon Weintraub. Han var fånge i koncentrationslägret Gross-Rosen efter att ha undkommit Auschwitz och överlevt fem år i ghettot Litzmannstadt. Weintraub överlevde flera läger efter Gross-Rosen. I detta informella samtal inför Förintelsens Minnesdag den 27 januari 2021 med författaren Julie Lindahl berättar kvinnoläkaren Leon Weintraub om sina erfarenheter under och efter kriget. 

Short version – Carl and Elizabeth Rosner discuss their family's survival of the Holocaust in conversation with author Julie Lindahl (short version including Carl's and Elizabeth's reflections)

Carl Rosner puts the spotlight on the 1.5 million children who perished and offers hope for the future in the many children he has met who are taking responsibility by listening and carrying stories such as his forward.

How can sharing the story of a childhood lost to the Holocaust attest to the power of positivity, and foster healing and resilience? From Schenectady, New York, Carl Rosner and his daughter, author Elizabeth Rosner, discuss their family's survival of the Holocaust and his survival of the peace in Denmark, Sweden and the U.S. in conversation with author Julie Lindahl in Drottningholm, Sweden. 

This is the shorter version of the longer interview also available among Voices Between podcasts.

Carl and Elizabeth Rosner discuss their family's survival of the Holocaust in conversation with author Julie Lindahl (long version including Carl's story and reflections)

How can sharing the story of a childhood lost to the Holocaust attest to the power of positivity, and foster healing and resilience? From Schenectady, New York, Carl Rosner and his daughter, author Elizabeth Rosner, discuss their family's survival of the Holocaust and his survival of the peace in Denmark, Sweden and the U.S. in conversation with author Julie Lindahl in Drottningholm, Sweden. Carl puts the spotlight on the 1.5 million children who perished and offers hope for the future in the many children he has met who are taking responsibility by listening and carrying stories such as his forward.  

This is the long version which includes Carl's detailed story and reflections by him and his daughter. A shorter version including reflections only is available among Voices Between podcasts.

"Jag kunde inbilla mig att hon var odödlig." Helena Trus intervjuas av Julie Lindahl

Journalisten Helena Trus farmor Cyla överlevde det otänkbara och gick nyligen bort i sviterna av covid-19. Hur påverkas vårt kollektiva minne av Förintelsen när vi förlorar allt fler förstahandsvittnen? Därför är det viktigare än någonsin att fortsätta berätta. Ett samtal mellan författaren Julie Lindahl och Helena Trus. 

"Vi får inte leva utan att ha ögonen öppna för det förflutna." Julie Lindahl intervjuas av Helena Trus

Vad gör pandemin med demokratin och mänskliga rättigheter? Författaren Julie Lindahl berättar också om sin nya roman som fokuserar på kvinnans roll under den nazistiska rörelsen samt hur deras uppfostringsmetoder påverkat generationerna som kom efter. Ett samtal mellan Julie Lindahl och journalisten Helena Trus. 

INHERITING TRAGEDY, ILLUMINATING HUMANITY – Elizabeth Rosner in dialogue with Julie Lindahl

In Survivor Café: The Legacy of Trauma and the Labyrinth of Memory Elizabeth Rosner, illuminates the experience of inheriting tragedy and how to interest people in the stories of the Holocaust, even as they are not born into families such as hers. Is literature about the Holocaust always doomed to insufficiency in its effort to give rise to an understanding of the horror and intensity of those experiences.

AN EXTRAORDINARY ORDINARY PERSON – Madoka and Oriha Sugihara interviewed by Rachel Kadish about Chiune Sugihara

What difference can one person make in a time of catastrophe? Rachel Kadish speaks with Madoka and Oriha Sugihara, the granddaughter and great-granddaughter of Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara. During the Holocaust, Chiune Sugihara saved thousands of Jews by issuing illegal transit visas allowing the bearers to exit Europe through Japan. Among those saved where Kadish’s grandparents.

AND JUST MAYBE THINGS WILL Will LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT – Jason Reynolds interviewed by Rachel Kadish

What do we risk when we try to listen honestly across the lines that divide us? And what can young people’s stories teach us about how to combat intolerance? Jason Reynolds, recently appointed by the Library of Congress as the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, speaks with Rachel Kadish about his writing and his work on behalf of young readers, and about the challenges and rewards of sharing stories that have the potential to heal.

TWO GRANDDAUGHTERS OF NAZIS DISCUSS LEGACY & RESPONSIBILITY – Jessica Shattuck in dialogue with Julie Lindahl

Two authors, both granddaughters of Nazis reflect upon themes raised by their family legacies: trying to understand versus the danger of normalizing extremism, forgiveness and responsibility, memory and truth, and what the third generation can contribute when it comes to understanding the historical significance of the Holocaust. Julie Lindahl interviews novelist Jessica Shattuck, "The Women in the Castle."

USING AN UNBEARABLE PAST FOR GOOD – Julie Lindahl interviewed by Rachel Kadish

What does it mean to take responsibility for deeds you yourself did not commit? Julie Lindahl relates her experience unearthing the truth of her grandparents’ involvement with Nazism and discuss the process that led her to write The Pendulum and to grapple with the legacy of her grandparents’ work on behalf of the Nazis’ racial war and talks about the fight against mounting extremism today.