Laurent Adler and Deblina Datta

Recorded January 15, 2010 41:57 minutes

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Laurent Adler, 42, is interviewed by his wife Deblina Datta, 41, about his mother and their estranged relationship. The relationship became estranged when he, raised as a somewhat orthodox Jew, married Deblina, an Indian woman from Calcutta. The story is not only heart-wrenching, but illustrates the complexity of the human spirit.

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:42, Laurent begins talking about his mom. A Jewish woman born in France to Orthodox German Jewish parents. He talks about her childhood and the experiences that seemed to have shaped her personality. 8:30, He talks about his mother’s love of French culture and those things that she enjoyed about France 11:35, He talks about his experience with the Holocaust through his parents. 26:10, Laurent talks about his estrangement from his mother and how it began. 30:00, He talks about what his relationship was like with his mother over the past 12 years 35:00, He talks about how he was able to help his mother one last time before she died 37:37, He talks about sitting Shiva for his mother and what he learned. Deblina also talks about what she got from the experience.

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Laurent Adler
Deblina Datta

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Laurent Adler and Deblina Datta

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