Julia
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Julia Wallach

Julia was born in Paris in 1925, the only daughter of Polish parents. Her father, a leather craftsman, had his workshop at home, in the apartment she still lives in today and where she welcomed me. Her mother was arrested in July 1942, during the Vel’ d'Hiv roundup. She never saw her again. In April 1943, she was ultimately taken with her father to Drancy, from where she was deported to Auschwitz. She owed her survival in part to one of her cousins, whom she met there, and who advised her never to miss work, [...+]

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« The SS heard the baby squealing. He grabbed the baby, threw it in the air and shot it. »

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« My father said to me: Julia, you're going to live, you'll have to tell all the horrors you're going to see. »

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« My father was hiding here in the closet and I closed the door. »

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« We weren't allowed to say our names, we had to say them in Polish: 46645. »

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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.