28 March 1921 | A Pole, Jerzy Bielecki, was born. A prisoner of #Auschwitz no. 243 (first transport of Poles). On 21 July 1944, he escaped from the camp in an SS uniform, taking with him a Polish Jewish female prisoner, Cyla Cybulska. They were in love. https://www.jfr.org/rescuer/jerzy-bielecki

📝 Plot: A Holocaust survivor returns to Auschwitz decades after her liberation, confronting painful memories and unresolved trauma. As she revisits the site of her past, encounters with others and reflections on survival, loss and identity shape her emotional journey. The film offers a deeply personal meditation on remembrance and the enduring impact of history…

#LaPetitePrairieAuxBouleaux #Drama #HolocaustMemory #Auschwitz #Remembrance #History #SurvivorStory #Emotional #FrenchCinema

🎭 Cast: Anouk Aimée, August Diehl, Marilú Marini, Zbigniew Zamachowski, Claire Maurier, Monique Couturier, Nathalie Nerval, Élise Otzenberger…

#LaPetitePrairieAuxBouleaux #cinemaFrançais #HolocaustMemory #Auschwitz #Remembrance #History #SurvivorStory #DramaFilm #Historical

🎬 La petite prairie aux bouleaux [Birch Tree Meadow] (2003)

Subtitles available:
🇬🇧 English
🇮🇹 Italian
🇪🇸 Spanish

⬇️ Download https://app.box.com/s/rtz9qvhlyma3m32ozjcfpmf77ba8a7n5

🎞 IMDb https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0354808/

▶️ Watch the video here 👇
https://darkiworld2026.com/titles/76660/la-petite-prairie-aux-bouleaux

#LaPetitePrairieAuxBouleaux #Drama #HolocaustMemory #FrenchFilm #Auschwitz #SurvivorStory #MarcelineLoridanIvens #Remembrance #History

28 March 1885 | A Pole, Antoni Jakubski, was born. Professor of zoology, Polish Army officer.

In #Auschwitz from 30 August 1940.
In 1944 transferred to KL Mauthausen & liberated there. After the war he settled in London. He worked at the British Museum. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoni_Jakubski

28 March 1909 | A Czech Jewish woman, Helena Franková, was born in Kamýk nad Vltavou.

She was deported to #Auschwitz from the #Theresienstadt ghetto on 18 December 1943. She did not survive.
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The history of deportations of Jews from the Theresienstadt ghetto to Auschwitz: https://artsandculture.google.com/exhibit/z-getta-w-theresienstadt-do-obozu-auschwitz-ii-birkenau/gQiyl0Ei?hl=en

28 March 1935 | A French Jewish boy, Leon Ramo, was born in Paris.

He arrived at #Auschwitz on 23 August 1942 in a transport of 1,000 Jews deported from Drancy. He was among the 892 people murdered in gas chambers immediately after selection.
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▶ Video about the first two gas chambers created near Auschwitz II-Birkenau: https://youtu.be/Rr6lF75fDmU

27 March 1872 | Czech Jewish woman, Emilie Hirtlová, was born in Prague.

She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt on 28 October 1944. She was murdered in a gas chamber after arrival selection.
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Women at Auschwitz:
📖 Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/
🎧 Podcast: https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8

27 March 1922 | A Pole, Władysław Woźniczka, was born in Klimontów.

In #Auschwitz from 28 January 1943.
No. 96599
He was transferred to KL Sachsenchausen, then to KL Dachau, where he was liberated on 29 April 1945.
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📖 "Poles at KL Auschwitz”: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_2020_06_polacy/