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Yvette
Levy
Yvette Levy
Born in 1926 from Alsatian parents, Yvette grew up in the suburbs of Paris in a close-knit family of three children. As a member of the Éclaireurs Israélites de France (French Jewish scouting organization), she was arrested with her group on July 21, 1944. She was just 18 years old. She was sent to Drancy, then to Auschwitz, on convoy 77, the last one to leave France. For this modest young woman, finding herself naked in front of men and seeing all those naked women's bodies around her was a very uncomfortable feeling. [...+]
My visit to Yvette
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Extraits
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Yvette
« I saw a lady with white hair, whom I didn't recognize. Mom didn't recognize me either: we hadn't seen each other for a year. »
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Yvette
« The smell was unbreathable. We sniffed burnt flesh, it stank. »