Of a rare literary quality, "A life confiscated," diary written in 1942 by a Parisian Jewish student, describes with sincerity the questions of a young French girl brutally sidelined from society by anti-Semitic legislation. This newspaper is an unpublished testimony of the period of the German occupation in Paris.
Benjamin Fondane, poet, thinker, filmmaker and playwright, tragically disappears in the Shoah. Jewish, Romanian and French-speaking, this bubbling intellectual contributes to the avant-garde in interwar France and weaves a network of friendships with the prominent personalities of his time.
The exhibition retraces the exceptional career of this French swimming champion. Excluded from society by the anti-Semitic legislation of the Vichy regime, he was deported to Auschwitz in January 1944. Despite the trials, Alfred Nakache found the strength to return to the highest level and participated in the Olympic Games in London in 1948.
This exhibition tells the story of his extraordinary journey. For her and her family, the 20th century is first and foremost a tragedy: deportation to Auschwitz, with her mother and sister, where she discovers the absolute horror. She will be saved by this courage that marks her entire career, the stages of which belong to history [...]
Ginette Kolinka is a Holocaust survivor and shared her experience as an inmate at Auschwitz during WWII. His survival itinerary and testimony are often presented in exhibitions and commemorative events to raise awareness of the horrors of the Holocaust and promote tolerance and understanding.
