Screening of the film '39/45. The Rescue of the Jews of France' by Élisabeth Bonnet-Katz

France, documentary, 70 min, Cécile Lévy production, ITV/RMC découverte, 2020.

Despite the Nazi persecutions and the collaboration of the Vichy regime, three quarters of the Jews in France survived. This survival, they owe it first to themselves, but also to the establishment of mutual aid networks. Through the testimonies of hidden children, members of networks and the insights of historians, this film traces the journey of these women and men who engaged in the rescue of Jews, sometimes at the risk of their lives.

Film supported by the Shoah Memory Foundation.

Presentation of the film by Elisabeth Bonnet-Katz: