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I could never understand my grandmother's sadness – until I learned her tragic story

My French grandmother came to the US to escape the Nazis. What did a box of letters and photographs reveal about the sacrifice she made?

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And she was chic, incredibly so. While other Jewish grandmothers in Miami wore shapeless shift dresses and garish prints, my grandmother always looked as if she was on her way to a fashion show, even when she was going to the supermarket.