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Denise Velmont

« I got baptized and made my first holy communion immediately. That way, the Germans had no way to claim I was Jewish. »

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The Last survivors of the camps

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The Last hidden children

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Judith H. Sherman
« Suddenly, we were inferior, you know. »
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Anita
« With one hand the Nazi officer handed her the piece of chocolate, with the other he pulled out a revolver. »
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Nissen Mangel
« The SS gave it to you? »
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Lola Mozes
« Auschwitz was a cul-de-sac. »
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Sami
« I live under the poverty line. 40% of the Holocaust survivors in New-York live under the poverty line. »

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Life in hiding

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The end of the war

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The turning point

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The camps

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The present and the future

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Live with

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My visit to Denise

« When I came back, my parents told me "a girl doesn't go to school, you'll be the maid"  »
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My visit to Victor

« My mother felt free. She thought she could walk freely in the street even with her yellow star. »
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My visit to Jacques

« The deportees who came back didn't want to talk. I would have liked to know what my father had gone through. »
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My visit to Arlette

« The star had to be sewn in plain view, with tight stitches so that a "child's finger couldn't slip through". »
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