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Drancy: A Concentration Camp in Paris, 1941-1944
| Length: | 55 min |
| Released: | 1996 |
| Ages: |
College Adult |
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Drancy: A Concentration Camp in Paris, 1941-1944 examines in detail how the French authorities arrested and interned more than 74,000 Jews before sending them to Auschwitz. Only 2,500 survived.
Drancy explores the structure of the Holocaust in France: how the Nazis brought the French police and gendarmerie under its control, ordering them to conduct massive round-ups of Jews in Paris and other cities; how the Vichy government instituted anti-Semitic laws without pressure from the Germans; and how French authorities acted to divide the Jewish community, undermining resistance and streamlining the work of the Final Solution in France.
Drancy includes interviews with survivors and other witnesses. Rare archival footage and photographs round out the documentary. After a 50-year silence, France is beginning to acknowledge its role in the fate of the Jews. This timely film shows why such reexamination is in order.
Drancy explores the structure of the Holocaust in France: how the Nazis brought the French police and gendarmerie under its control, ordering them to conduct massive round-ups of Jews in Paris and other cities; how the Vichy government instituted anti-Semitic laws without pressure from the Germans; and how French authorities acted to divide the Jewish community, undermining resistance and streamlining the work of the Final Solution in France.
Drancy includes interviews with survivors and other witnesses. Rare archival footage and photographs round out the documentary. After a 50-year silence, France is beginning to acknowledge its role in the fate of the Jews. This timely film shows why such reexamination is in order.
USA Film Festival, 1995
Conference on Alternatives in Jewish Education, 1995
Ace Award, 1995
What's Happening series, MoMA, 1995
Conference on Alternatives in Jewish Education, 1995
Ace Award, 1995
What's Happening series, MoMA, 1995
