Edmund de Waals Letters to Camondo
b'\\u201cWhen you pick an object up, not only do you begin to understand how it was made, it\\u2019s facture, the people who made it, but you can also, I think, begin to start to tell the story about the people whose hands it was in.\\u201d\\n\\n\\n\\nProminent Jewish banker and art collector Moise de Camondo settled in Paris in the 1870s and quickly began amassing the signifiers of wealth around him\\u2014a beautiful home, fine furniture, and artistic masterpieces. But after his only son, Nissim, was killed fighting for France in World War I, Moise decided to bequeath his house and its luxurious contents to the state in his son\\u2019s honor. The home became a museum, preserving the family\\u2019s name alongside the furnishings and art just as he had left them. Sadly, the anti-Semitism raging across Europe deeply impacted the museum and the Camondo family\\u2014Moise\\u2019s only surviving relatives were murdered at Auschwitz just a few years after the museum opened.\\n\\n\\n\\nIn Letters to Camondo, ceramicist and author Edmund de Waal retraces the story of Moise de Camondo through imaginary letters written to the collector. In this episode, de Waal discusses Camondo\\u2019s story, its intersections with de Waal\\u2019s own history, and the emotional weight that objects can carry.\\n\\n\\n\\nFor images, transcripts, and more, visit https://blogs.getty.edu/iris/podcast-edmund-de-waals-letters-to-camondo/ or getty.edu/podcasts.\\n\\n\\n\\nTo buy the book, visit https://shop.getty.edu/products/letters-to-camondo.\\n\\n\\n\\nTo listen to the related podcast episode featuring de Waal, visit https://blogs.getty.edu/iris/audio-edmund-de-waal-on-the-white-road/.'