In 1945, the liberation of the Nazi camps did not mean freedom. Hundreds of thousands of Holocaust survivors, unwilling or unable to return to their countries of origin, found themselves confined in DPC – displaced person camps – often on the very soil of their former persecutors.
These places of waiting, marked by uncertainty and the world’s indifference, nevertheless became centers of rebirth. Families were rebuilt, schools, newspapers, and theaters were created. Birth rates soared, cultural life thrived, and solidarity restored a sense of dignity to the survivors, preparing for new lives in Palestine, the United States, or elsewhere…
How does one learn to live again after extermination while antisemitism still raged? Drawing from rare archives and powerful testimonies, this documentary sheds light on a forgotten chapter of collective memory: the reconstruction of a people amid the ruins.
Direction: Antoine Dauer & Michèle Dominici
Production: Artline Films for ARTE