
2025
Nothing predisposed a rural commune in the Loiret region such as Beaune-la-Rolande to embody the height of the Holocaust in France. Yet it was there that a camp was set up where Jewish families were interned, separated, their children abandoned to their fate before being deported alone to their deaths. Long hidden from view, more than eighty years after the events, this tragedy remains a sensitive subject that can still divide opinion on what should or should not be done to ensure it is not forgotten. Following personal journeys and collective commitments, this film meets activists, elected officials, and teachers who are committed to helping a region recover its memory and reconnect with its history, however painful it may be.

Estelle Galarme
Self : Narrator (voice)

Michel Masson
Maire de Beaune-la-Rolande

Jean Richard
Président des Amis de l’Histoire de Beaune

Rachel Jedinak
Rescapée de la rafle du Vel d’Hiv

Joseph Weismann
Rescapé du camp de Beaune-la-Rolande

Sandrine Henry
Professeur d’éducation socioculturelle

Hélène Mouchard-Zay
Fondatrice du CERCIL

Sylvianne Masson
Habitante de Beaune-la-Rolande

Colette et Alain Dugue
Habitants de Beaune-la-Rolande

The Pilot: A Battle for Survival

The Last Emperor

Lancaster

Palme's Secret Agent

Downfall

Gandhi

Night and Fog

Judgment at Nuremberg

People of Russia

Zôressha ga Yatte Kita

Pearl Harbor

The Tin Drum

Grand Illusion

Sophie Scholl: The Final Days

The Adventures of Werner Holt

Jakob the Liar

John Stevens: Storming the Beach

Memoirs of a Geisha

Days of Glory

Les yeux dans les Bleus