Ginette
Kolinka

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Ginette Kolinka

Ginette was born in Paris in 1925. Her parents had six daughters, of whom Ginette was the youngest before her little brother Gilbert was finally born. During the war, the family took refuge in Avignon (south of France), a place and time of which Ginette has fond memories. She worked at the local farmer’s market with one of her sisters, and at lunchtime, they would take turns going home for lunch. One day, as she arrived home, the Gestapo was there. They took Ginette, her father, her little brother and her nephew Jojo to Drancy. [...+]

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« Very quickly, I didn't think about anything. I did what I was told without thinking. »

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« I was the one who told my father and my little brother to get on the trucks. »

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Sophie Nahum
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Les derniers

Rencontre avec les survivants des camps de concentration

There are not many left who can bear witness to the concentration camps. Barely a hundred men and women, who were silent for a long time in the face of a post-war France that was reluctant to listen to them. Survivors thanks above all to a succession of chance events, they were able to rebuild their lives with remarkable courage. Sophie Nahum went to meet the “Last Ones”, these extraordinary resilient people, including Ginette Kolinka and Élie Buzyn, for a series of short documentaries, from which results this choral book. Their testimonies echo each other, while revealing the singularity of each destiny. In this way, the last survivors of the Shoah – 75 years after the liberation of Auschwitz – offer us a poignant look at their experiences.

“Touching. These men and women speak from the heart”. Paris Match

“My heart beat for [this] book.” Leila Kaddour.

Sophie Nahum has been making documentaries for over 20 years. After working for the major channels, most notably Arte, she decided to produce her films independently. Young et moi (2015, awarded at FIGRA) was the first, followed by the multi-media project “Les Derniers”, to which she has devoted herself entirely for the past four years.