Jacqueline
Zito
Jacqueline Zito
Born in Paris in 1938, Jacqueline was not yet three years old when her mother was arrested and deported to Auschwitz, never to return. Hidden during the war in a small village in central France, she grew up with the woman who sheltered her, whom she called “Mama” and who signed her letters, “Your Mama.” She remembers gathering chestnuts in the woods, attending the village school, and the affection of the family that saved her. In 1947, her father came to take her back to Paris, a painful separation. Years later, [...+]
