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Living with the Past

Marceline Loridan-Ivens reflects on life after the death camps and how the horror has haunted her adult life.

Marceline Loridan-Ivens's searingly honest memoir about surviving the Holocaust is written in the form of a letter to her father who did not survive the concentration camps. In today's episode she reflects on how the loss of her father and the horrors she experienced and witnessed as a fifteeen year old have shaped her adult life. Sara Kestelman reads.

Translated by Sandra Smith
Abridged by Penny Leicester
Produced by Elizabeth Allard.

14 minutes

Last on

Fri 25 Mar 2016 00:30

Credits

Role Contributor
Reader Sara Kestelman
Author Marceline Loridan-Ivens
Abridger Penny Leicester
Producer Elizabeth Allard

Broadcasts

  • Thu 24 Mar 2016 09:45
  • Fri 25 Mar 2016 00:30

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