Sign up to the broadcast
Get monthly behaviour change content and insights
After an childhood accident leaves her partially deaf, Otti Berger finds a new way to communicate through touch and the rhythmic clatter of the loom. Her journey leads her to the Bauhaus in Dessau, where she meets Mercè Ribó , a Spanish woman determined to inherit her father’s textile factory despite the era's gender constraints. As the shadow of Nazism grows, Otti's life and brilliant career are increasingly threatened by her Jewish heritage.
Decades later, Penélope , Mercè’s great-granddaughter, discovers hidden diaries that reveal a family legacy of secrets. As she reconstructs her family's history, she uncovers the profound impact Otti Berger had on her ancestors and the tragic end many Bauhaus women met, including Otti herself at Auschwitz. Key Themes and Significance
It explores how art becomes a tool for survival and personal freedom. Otti’s sensory relationship with fabric allowed her to "hear" music through texture when sound was denied to her.
Both Otti and Mercè fight to be recognized as professionals in a world that expected them only to be housewives.
La casa de los hilos rotos - Angélica Morales - Google Books
Get monthly behaviour change content and insights
Check out our Monash University accredited courses, along with our short and bespoke training programs.
We offer a broad range of research services to help governments, industries and NGOs find behavioural solutions.
We believe in building capacity and sharing knowledge through multiple channels to our partners, collaborators and the wider community.