Madeleine known as Milou, Denise and Simone Jacob, the future Simone Veil, enjoyed a happy childhood in Nice before the Second World War shattered their happiness. Based on unpublished correspondence and family diaries, this film, with its...See moreMadeleine known as Milou, Denise and Simone Jacob, the future Simone Veil, enjoyed a happy childhood in Nice before the Second World War shattered their happiness. Based on unpublished correspondence and family diaries, this film, with its exceptional cast of voice actors, recounts the tragic fate of the Jacob sisters, their intimate experience of the hell of the camps and life afterwards. Their story poignantly illustrates the tragic fate of Europe during the Second World War, and the resilience of the survivors.
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