Nicolas
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Nicolas Roth

Nicolas was born in Hungary in 1928 into a family of five children. His parents thought they were safe, but in March 1944, the Nazis invaded the country. In a matter of days, their lives were turned upside down. Sensing that the end of the war was close, the Nazis stepped up the pace of the deportation of the Hungarian Jews. In about seven weeks, over 435,000 people were deported to Auschwitz, the vast majority of whom did not even enter the camp and were sent straight to the gas chambers. [...+]

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« I'm amazed I had the patience to write all this. »

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« See the smoke coming out of the chimney? Your parents went up in smoke. »

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« Solidarity only existed between those who spoke the same language. Hungarians, for the others we were nothing. »

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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.