But You Did Not Come Back

Marceline Loridan-ivens Was Just Fifteen When She Was Arrested By The Vichy Government's Militia, Along With Her Father. He Prepared Her For The Worst, Telling Her That He Would Not Return. They Were Soon Separated. The Three Kilometres Between Her Father In Auschwitz And Herself In Birkenau Were An Insurmountable Distance, And Yet He Managed To Send Her A Small Note Via An Electrician In The Camp - A Sign Of Life. In But You Did Not Come Back, Marceline Writes A Letter To The Father She Would Never Know As An Adult, To The Man Whose Death Enveloped Her Whole Life. Her Testimony Is A Haunting And Challenging Reminder Of One Of The Worst Crimes Humanity Has Ever Seen, And An Affecting Personal Story Of A Woman Whose Life Was Shattered And Never Totally Rebuilt. Marceline Loridan-Ivens was just 15 when she and her father were arrested and sent to concentration camps. He prepared her for the worst, telling her that he would not return. The three kilometres between her father in Auschwitz and herself in Birkenau were an insurmountable distance, and yet he managed to send her a small note via an electrician in the camp - a sign of life. Here, Marceline writes a letter to the father she would never know as an adult, and the man whose death enveloped her whole life. Her testimony is a haunting and challenging reminder of one of the worst crimes humanity has ever seen, and an affecting personal story of a woman whose life was shattered and never totally rebuilt In 1944, at the age of fifteen, Marceline Loridan-Ivens was arrested in occupied France, along with her father. Though he managed to smuggle one last note to her, Marceline never spoke to her father again. But You Did Not Come Back is Marceline's letter to the father she would never know as an adult. An activist and documentary filmmaker, te author was arrested in occupied France in 1944 at the age of fifteen, with her father. This deeply personal account of her experiences during the Holocaust and the death of her father in a concentration camp has overshadowed her whole life An activist and documentary filmmaker, who was arrested in occupied France at the age of fifteen, presents this deeply personal account of her experiences during the Holocaust and the death of her father in a concentration camp that overshadowed her whole life Translated from the French by Sandra Smith