The Violonist from Auschwitz

Arrêtée en 1943, déportée à Auschwitz, Elsa survécut parce qu’elle eut la chance d’intégrer, en tant que violoniste, l’orchestre féminin dirigé par Alma Rosé, nièce de Gustav Malher. Tel est le secret que Jean-Jacques Felstein découvrira, bien longtemps après, en exhumant peu à peu l’impensable passé de sa mère, morte prématurément sans lui avoir rien révélé.

Arrested in 1943 and deported to Auschwitz, Elsa survived because, as a violinist, she had the chance to join the female orchestra conducted by Alma Rosé, niece of Gustav Malher. This is the secret that Jean-Jacques will long after discover by gradually unearthing the unthinkable past of his mother, who died prematurely without ever revealing anything to him.
In this admirable dialogue beyond death, following in the footsteps of Elsa, Felstein tries to relieve his mother from the weight of her hidden sufferings and, in turn, soften for himself the ravages of a painful but necessary transmission.