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Restoring a Family Tapestry

JL;DR SUMMARY Audrey Gelman, founder of the antique and homewares store The Six Bells, is reviving the historic Wallach textile brand. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Holocaust SurvivorsJewish HeritageFamily LegacyAudrey GelmanWallach TextilesDesign HistoryHomewaresBavarian DesignDirndlThe Six Bells

Places mentioned

Munich, Bavaria, Germany
"In 1900, brothers Julius and Moritz Wallach opened a clothing and textile shop in Munich, Germany."
Bavaria, Germany
"At one point, the textile brand was so popular that Wallach drapes hung in Adolph Hitlers home in the Bavarian Alps."
New York City, New York, United States
"Moritz fled Germany to New York City; he was one of the few survivors of the family."
London, United Kingdom
"In 2016, she founded The Wing, a successful chain of womens workspaces across the United States and London."
Brooklyn, New York, United States
"she launched The Six Bells, a Brooklyn homewares store and, eventually, a hotel in the Hudson Valley, New York."
Hudson Valley, New York, United States
"she launched The Six Bells, a Brooklyn homewares store and, eventually, a hotel in the Hudson Valley, New York."
Salzburg, Austria
"Her grandfather, meanwhile, fought with the Red Army (while upholding his cantorship), and her grandmother went through a displaced-persons camp in Salzburg, Austria."

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