Drancy : a concentration camp in Paris, 1941-1944 / produced by Bruce Eadie and directed by Stephen Trombley.

Format:

Video

Author/Creator:

Trombley, Stephen, author.

Contributor:

Eadie, Bruce.

Worldview Pictures Production.

Alexander Street Press.

Series:

Filmakers library online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drancy (Internment camp).

Genre:

Documentary films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (54 minutes).

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Filmakers Library, 1996.

Language Note:

This edition in English.

System Details:

digital

data file

Summary:

Drancy: A Concentration Camp in Paris, 1941-1944 is a startling new film which 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 as well as with bystanders who were 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 re-examination is in order.

Notes:

Originally released as DVD.

Title from resource description page (viewed May 24, 2011).

OCLC:

747796340

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.