{"product_id":"separated-by-worlds-1","title":"Separated by Worlds","description":"Separated by Worlds is the family letters to Kurt Baum, provided in both the original German and in English translation. The letters recount the story of a middle-class Jewish family from Bamberg, Germany during the Nazi era. Josef and Marie Baum sent their seventeen-year-old son Kurt to begin a new life in America. The resulting separation, presented in a stream of letters between 1937 and 1941, was as emotional as it was physical. Kurt's struggles to adapt to his new circumstances—difficulties with his American sponsor, failure at a vocational school, and halting steps toward becoming a \"normal\" American—were met with little understanding from his parents, who were enduring a steadily worsening existence at the hands of the Nazis. His father's desperate pleas to Kurt prior to his forced deportation and murder constitute a final rupture in this poignant story. Richly illustrated, the letters are annotated and contextualized by several essays.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57555360317813,"sku":"9781978848634","price":56.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/separated-by-worlds-1","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}