Claude Lanzmann died a few days ago, July 5, 2018.
His epic movie, “Shoah”, released in 1985, revealed the Holocaust through the memories of survivors, victims and perpetrators.
While writing A Garland for Ashes, seeking elusive facts about my parents’ death in Chelmno, I read the whole script & watched the first part of “Shoah”. Too painful to watch to the end, and yet part of saying goodbye. The film opens with Simon Srebnik, one of the few Jews who survived Chelmno, telling the miraculous story of his survival and describing his experiences in horrendous detail.
Thankful for the life of Claude Lanzmann.
