Colette: former French Resistance fighter confronts fascism and family trauma after 75 years
by Anthony Giacchino, Alice Doyard, Lindsay Poulton, from on (#5AHDE)
On the anniversary of the start of the Nuremberg trials, 90-year-old Colette Marin-Catherine confronts her past by visiting the German concentration camp where her brother was killed. As a young girl, she fought the Nazis as a member of the French Resistance. For 74 years, she has refused to step foot in Germany, but that changes when a young history student named Lucie enters her life. Prepared to reopen old wounds and revisit the terrors of that time, Marin-Catherine offers important lessons for us all
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