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On March 25, 1943, the Fogel family and their fellow prisoners board Convoy 53 bound for the Sobibor extermination camp. Led by Sylvain, they and nine other prisoners manage to escape from the convoy.
Gallimard, 2026. Paris, winter 1943. The Fogel family is denounced, arrested, and sent to Drancy. There, the brothers Robert and Paul befriend the teenager Hugues Steiner and his mentor, the charismatic and courageous Sylvain Kaufmann. On March 25, 1943, the Fogel family and their fellow prisoners board Convoy 53 bound for the Sobibor extermination camp. Led by Sylvain, they and nine other prisoners manage to escape from the convoy. Based in particular on the testimony of Paul Fogel, the author's grandfather, this account blends historical precision with compelling storytelling and bears witness to the power of solidarity, which emerges as the condemned prisoners' last hope. With the author, Laurence Kaufmann, daughter of Sylvain Kaufmann, an escapee from Convoy 53 and Holocaust survivor, and Théo Steiner, son of Hugues Steiner, an escapee from Convoy 53 and Holocaust survivor. Moderated by Ariane Bois, journalist and novelist. . Book
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Source: paris.fr — photo: Benjamin Fogel ©Francesca_Mantovani / Gallimard