Discover the exhibition "Ginette Kolinka, itinerary of a survivor of Auschwitz" temporary exhibition at the Shoah Memorial in Drancy

Ginette Kolinka, a Holocaust survivor, was deported to Auschwitz in April 1944 at the age of 19 with her father, brother and nephew.

The latter are assassinated upon the arrival of the convoy. Ginette, she is selected for work.

For two decades, she accompanied groups to Auschwitz, until October 2020 when she accompanied students for the last time at Birkenau. Also part of this visit are a comic book author and a journalist. From this trip a comic strip is born, in which Ginette tells what was her life before, during and after the Holocaust. She also testifies for all those who have not returned. Tireless memory setter, she makes the transmission to the younger generations her daily struggle.

From the comic strips, the exhibition places the journey of Ginette Kolinka in a broader story of persecution
of Jews in France during the Second World War based on period documents, archives and photographs.

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