The Birch-Tree Meadow

Born in Epinal (Vogesen) in 1928. In 1940, she and her parents, who, as Jews, had already been driven out of Poland, fled into the France. From 1944-45 she was a prisoner at the concentration camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau. In the 1960s, she worked as a television journalist; after meeting the politically committed documentary filmmaker, Joris Ivens, she was to become his most important collaborator on his projects. In 1967, she also began working as a producer (Capi-Films) and distributor. She is a co-founder of the Joris Ivens Foundation. —Warsaw Film Festival