But You Did Not Come Back

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Auschwitz-birkenau

20160321

20160322 (R4)

Marceline Loridan-Ivens searingly honest memoir is written as an intimate letter to her lost father. In 1944 and aged just fifteen she was deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau along with her father. While she survived the horror he never came back. Here she tells the man she would never know as an adult about the terrible events that continue to haunt her, and she also reveals the profound sense of loss that his death brought her.

The actress, screenwriter and director Marceline Loridan-Ivens was born in 1928 and lives in Paris.

Read by Sara Kestelman

Translated by Sandra Smith

Abridged by Penny Leicester

Produced by Elizabeth Allard.

Marceline Loridan-Ivens's searingly honest memoir about surviving the Holocaust.

The Return

20160322

20160323 (R4)

Marceline Loridan-Ivens's searingly honest memoir is about how she survived the Holocaust and is written as a letter to her father who did not survive the horrors and who she would never know as an adult. In today's episode she recalls the return home from the concentration camps without her beloved father, and tells how her memories of the horrors she experienced in the concentration camps have haunted her. Sara Kestelman reads.

Translated by Sandra Smith

Abridged by Penny Leicester

Produced by Elizabeth Allard.

Marceline recalls the return home from the concentration camps without her beloved father.

The Final Days

20160323

20160324 (R4)

Marceline Loridan-Ivens searingly honest acount of how she survived the Holocaust is written in the form of a letter to her father who did not survive the horrors, and who she has never known as an adult. In today's episode she recalls her final and terrible days in the concentration camps, and tries to imagine what happened to her father as he was forcibly marched hundreds of kilometres, away from the advancing Allies. Sara Kestelman reads.

Translated by Sandra Smith

Abridged by Penny Leicester

Produced by Elizabeth Allard.

Marceline Loridan-Ivens recalls her final and terrible days of the concentration camps.

Living With The Past

20160324

20160325 (R4)

Marceline Loridan-Ivens's searingly honest memoir about surviving the Holocaust is written in the form of a letter to her father who did not survive the concentration camps. In today's episode she reflects on how the loss of her father and the horrors she experienced and witnessed as a fifteeen year old have shaped her adult life. Sara Kestelman reads.

Translated by Sandra Smith

Abridged by Penny Leicester

Produced by Elizabeth Allard.

Marceline Loridan-Ivens reflects on life after the death camps in her searing memoir.

Episodes

Episode	Title	First Broadcast	Repeated	Comments
01	Auschwitz-birkenau	20160321	20160322 (R4)	Marceline Loridan-Ivens searingly honest memoir is written as an intimate letter to her lost father. In 1944 and aged just fifteen she was deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau along with her father. While she survived the horror he never came back. Here she tells the man she would never know as an adult about the terrible events that continue to haunt her, and she also reveals the profound sense of loss that his death brought her. The actress, screenwriter and director Marceline Loridan-Ivens was born in 1928 and lives in Paris. Read by Sara Kestelman Translated by Sandra Smith Abridged by Penny Leicester Produced by Elizabeth Allard. Marceline Loridan-Ivens's searingly honest memoir about surviving the Holocaust.
02	The Return	20160322	20160323 (R4)	Marceline Loridan-Ivens's searingly honest memoir is about how she survived the Holocaust and is written as a letter to her father who did not survive the horrors and who she would never know as an adult. In today's episode she recalls the return home from the concentration camps without her beloved father, and tells how her memories of the horrors she experienced in the concentration camps have haunted her. Sara Kestelman reads. Translated by Sandra Smith Abridged by Penny Leicester Produced by Elizabeth Allard. Marceline recalls the return home from the concentration camps without her beloved father.
03	The Final Days	20160323	20160324 (R4)	Marceline Loridan-Ivens searingly honest acount of how she survived the Holocaust is written in the form of a letter to her father who did not survive the horrors, and who she has never known as an adult. In today's episode she recalls her final and terrible days in the concentration camps, and tries to imagine what happened to her father as he was forcibly marched hundreds of kilometres, away from the advancing Allies. Sara Kestelman reads. Translated by Sandra Smith Abridged by Penny Leicester Produced by Elizabeth Allard. Marceline Loridan-Ivens recalls her final and terrible days of the concentration camps.
04	Living With The Past	20160324	20160325 (R4)	Marceline Loridan-Ivens's searingly honest memoir about surviving the Holocaust is written in the form of a letter to her father who did not survive the concentration camps. In today's episode she reflects on how the loss of her father and the horrors she experienced and witnessed as a fifteeen year old have shaped her adult life. Sara Kestelman reads. Translated by Sandra Smith Abridged by Penny Leicester Produced by Elizabeth Allard. Marceline Loridan-Ivens reflects on life after the death camps in her searing memoir.