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Film
Simone Veil
Le voyage du siècle / The woman of the century
July 2022
I strongly recommend this magnificent film about a remarkable woman: she survived the horrors of the concentration camp she was sent to, with her whole family. After the liberation of the camps, she returned to France, She dedicated her life to the promotion of social issues was the first woman at the head of the European Parliament.
As secretary of State for health , she prepared the draft bill which gave French women access to abortion.​
Autobiography
Simone Veil - Une Vie
This autobiography deserves reading. It tells us about Simone Veil's life from her childhood in Nice till she entered Académie Française in 2008. She then survived the horrors of the concentration camps in 1944 and 1945. Upon her return to France, she studied Law, married, had a family and started her career as a magistrate. She was very concerned with social issues, adhered to humanist values through her commitment to the Republican ideals. Simone Veil had a generous personality and a determination to fight inequalities. She died on the 30th of June 2017. her remains and those of her husband were transferred to the Panthéon on 28th of June 2018.
Book
Beyrouth-sur-Seine de Sabyl Ghoussoub
This book has been awarded the Goncourt Prize for High School students, it relates the story of Sabyl’s family who left the war in Lebanon in the seventies to seek asylum in France. It is a beautiful story paying homage to all who are in exile.