Sarah
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Sarah Montard

Born in Poland in 1928, Sarah emigrated to France with her parents two years later. When the war broke out, Sarah was 11 years old and had just passed the entrance exam for middle school. However, this brilliant student had to give up the idea of studying any further, as her parents sent her to the south of France for her safety. She stayed there for a year, then returned to Paris, where she was arrested with her mother during the Vel’ d'Hiv round-up. Realizing that something terrible was afoot, they both managed to escape. [...+]

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« When we saw the handicapped and dying arriving, my mother told me that we'd been lied to, that we weren't going to work! »

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« I returned to Auschwitz 53 years later. »

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« I can't forgive the Nazis for killing babies. »

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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.