Letters to Khayè

Sunday 11 June 2017 at 12:00

On the occasion of the publication of Letters to Khayè. Correspondance clandestine d'un amour en temps de guerre by Zysman Pin-uch followed by Le testament de Khayè Grundman-Pin-uch, 1942, éd. Calmann-Lévy, 2017.

Avec l’aimable autorisation de Jacques Wenig. © Tous droits réservés.

With kind permission of Jacques Pin... © All rights reserved.

Since he was interned at the Pithiviers camp in May 1941, Zysman has been writing love letters to his wife Khayè almost every day. Some letters in French are censored, the others, written in Yiddish, go under the coat. These tight lines also tell of intimacy, fears, revolt and the harsh daily life in the camp. Overflowing with life and love, this exceptional correspondence draws the portrait of a couple mistreated by history.

As part of the Shoah Memorial Book Fair.

Reading on a background of images by Jean Barat, music by Jean-Noël Yven.

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