Letters to Khayè
Sunday, June 11, 2017 at 12 p.m.
On the occasion of the publication of Letters to Khayè. Clandestine correspondence of a love in time of war by Zysman Wenig followed by the Testament of Khayè Grundman-Wenig, 1942, ed. Calmann-Lévy, 2017.
Courtesy of Jacques Wenig. © All rights reserved.
Since he was interned at the camp of Pithiviers in May 1941, Zysman writes almost every day love letters to Khayè, his wife. Some letters in French are censored, the others, written in Yiddish, go under the counter. These tight lines also tell of intimacy, fears, revolt and the harsh daily life in the camp. Brimming with life and love, this exceptional correspondence paints the portrait of a couple mistreated by history.
As part of the Holocaust Memorial Book Fair.
