The survivor with number 157279 by Nicolas Ribowski

Sunday 17 July 2016 at 2:30 PM
© Paris-Brest Productions.

© Paris-Brest Productions.

France, documentary, 53 mn, Paris-Brest Productions, 2015. With the support of the Fondation pour la Mémoire de la Shoah and the association Histoire Saint-Christophe-des-Bois.

Screening scheduled as part of the commemoration of the Vélodrome d'Hiver roundup on 16 July 1942.

Jacques Zylbermine was a camp survivor. The survivor has ID number 157279. In 1943, he was arrested and deported from Drancy to Auschwitz before ending up at Buchenwald. He was 14 years old... His first "return" to Auschwitz, he will do it in 1978. "Backwards. I arrived here paralyzed. I rode for fifteen days around the camp before entering it.”

A tireless witness to young people, Jacques Zylbermine passed away at the age of 86, on Thursday 21 April 2016. We will pay tribute to him during this screening.

IN PREVIEW

IN THE PRESENCE of:

Nicolas Ribowski, director, Michel and Danielle Godet, historians and Jean Pitois, president of the association Histoire Saint-Christophe-des-Bois.

Please note, as this event is sold out, the remaining seats are in the broadcasting room at the Memorial:

FREE ENTRY UPON RESERVATION