Jeanne Brousse, Just from France
Jeanne Brousse, Just from France
Jeanne Brousse, Just from France
Report in Thonon-les-Bains to meet Jeanne BROUSSE, former secretary of the refugee office during the Second World War. She returns to the places where she worked and then explains at home how she made burning papers to save Jews persecuted and deported under the Vichy regime by changing their names. Testimony of three sisters whose parents were arrested and who were saved from the deportation thanks to the complicity of Jeanne BROUSSE. It is presented at the Inauguration of the Memorial to the Memory of the Just, unveiled by Mrs CATHERINE TRAUTMANN, Minister of Culture and spokeswoman of the Government. Commentary on factual images alternating with the interview of Jeanne BROUSSE and the testimony of three sisters.
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File : 1939-1945: the Righteous
Publication date : 2 November 1997
Reference:I22153499
Credits:Journalist : Guyot, Didier-Participant : Brousse, Jeanne