7 episodes

We Share The Same Sky is an intimate portrait of family history that tells the stories of two young women—Hana as a refugee who remains one step ahead of the Nazis at every turn, and Rachael, her granddaughter, on a search to retrace her grandmother’s history. Presented by USC Shoah Foundation, this seven-part narrative series explores how the retelling of family stories becomes history itself and how acts of kindness during war can echo across generations.

We Share The Same Sky Rachael Cerrotti

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    • 5.0 • 4 Ratings

We Share The Same Sky is an intimate portrait of family history that tells the stories of two young women—Hana as a refugee who remains one step ahead of the Nazis at every turn, and Rachael, her granddaughter, on a search to retrace her grandmother’s history. Presented by USC Shoah Foundation, this seven-part narrative series explores how the retelling of family stories becomes history itself and how acts of kindness during war can echo across generations.

    Chapter I: Like An Oak Tree

    Chapter I: Like An Oak Tree

    In the years after her death, I uncovered an incredible archive of her life. She’d left behind boxes upon boxes of letters and photographs and diaries. There were preserved albums dating back to the 1920s and letters she’d sent to lovers. There were report cards and deportation papers and love notes from her parents censored by Nazis. Then, amidst all of these papers, I found a plain manila folder. It had a note on it, written in red ink in her shaky cursive handwriting. She’d written my name.
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    • 20 min
    Chapter II: Don't Make Waves

    Chapter II: Don't Make Waves

    The bridge always burned or was destroyed. There was no way to go back again. Once you made another step, you couldn't step back.
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    • 34 min
    Chapter III: This House Has Memories

    Chapter III: This House Has Memories

    “She’s 16. She should be in school. She should be with her family. Her letters shouldn’t be censored. Sentences shouldn’t be blacked out. Envelopes shouldn’t be stamped with a swastika. But I guess you can get used to anything.”
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    • 33 min
    Chapter IV: The End Of The World

    Chapter IV: The End Of The World

    We went to the end of the world and back. We went to the site of their murder. We went to Sobibór.
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    • 11 min
    Chapter V: I Didn't Ask Him His Name

    Chapter V: I Didn't Ask Him His Name

    I always think how different it is, what is in your head and what is in your reality.
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    • 38 min
    Chapter VI: I'm Going To Jump

    Chapter VI: I'm Going To Jump

    "I was a citizen of nothing." 
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    • 45 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
4 Ratings

4 Ratings

adinzi ,

Outstanding and moving

I just listened to this entire series on the recommendation of Israel story. I found it moving, fascinating, I cried more than once and I found myself thinking about Rachel and her grandmother Hana’s story long after each episode. I also appreciated the historical documentation especially concerning the Jews of Denmark and the response of the Swedish villagers. Rachel is a masterful and sensitive storyteller weaving past with the present and she is deep thinking. I just finished the seventh and I wish there was more. Thank you.

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