Daniel
Goldman

Daniel Goldman

Daniel was born in Paris in 1926, into a working-class family from Poland, who had fled the pogroms. In 1942, as the great roundups began, his father gave him 500 francs - a considerable amount for the time - and ordered him to flee, without further ado. At the age of 16, he managed to cross into the free zone, then found a place to hide in a farm thanks to the Mission de Restauration Paysanne, where he met members of the Resistance who helped him bring his parents over and therefore saved their lives. When they came back to Paris at the end of the war, the family found their home occupied and, with a great deal of tenacity, finally managed to get it back. When Daniel came back from captivity, his brother, who used to work in the movie industry, offered him an internship at Paramount. Appreciated by all, he gradually rose through the ranks to become the world's largest distributor of American cinema. He was honored by receiving the French Chevalier de l'Ordre du Mérite, Officier des Arts et des Lettres and Légion d'Honneur. This discreet and well-respected man testifies now for the first time to show that all dreams are possible, no matter your starting point. [...+]

My visit to Daniel

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Daniel

« As he gave me the cash, he told me "Run away, just go!" »
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Daniel

« We thought of nothing. We were only thinking about one thing: survival. »
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« When I got to the other side of the Allier, I thought I was arriving in America. It was the free zone! »

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