Henri
Rosen

Share on:

Facebook
Twitter
Copier le lien

Henri Rosen

Henri was born in 1933 in the small Polish town of Demblin, near Warsaw. He was the youngest of three siblings. His mother, Dina, and father, Aaron, owned and ran a family construction business started by Henri's grandfather. As a child, Henri grew up in a well-to-do family, full of happiness. Henri was 6 when the war broke out, and the first bombing raids were heard in town. But it was in 1942 that his family's fate changed when his sister and brother were deported to Sobibor. He ended up alone with his parents. [...+]

My visit to Henri

Facebook
Twitter
Copier le lien

Clips

See

Henri

« I saw my brother and sister being taken to Sobibor. »

See

Henri

« I wonder how all that happened... but it did. »

See

Henri

« I will never know whether he had been killed right away or if he had been deported. »

See

Henri

« The mother was afraid her baby would cry, so she put a cloth over his face. When we finally got out, he had been suffocated. »

See

Henri

« I could nearly see death, death was palpable, it was almost physical. »

See

Henri

« When my grandfather died, my comrade said to me "Don't cry. His fate is already better than ours". »

Livres

Sophie Nahum
–

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.