Global InformationGinette Kolinka information
Ginette Kolinka | |
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 Ginette Kolinka in 2019 | |
| Born | Ginette Cherkasky 4 February 1925 4th arrondissement of Paris, France |
| Known for | Holocaust survivor |
| Spouse | Albert Kolinka (1913-1993) |
| Children | Richard Kolinka |
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| Relatives | Roman Kolinka (grandson) |
Ginette Kolinka (born Ginette Cherkasky) is a French Holocaust survivor. When her father and brother were taken away to be killed by poison gas, shortly after the train on which they had been transported arrived at Auschwitz, she was selected for factory work and taken to the women's camp. Released in May 1945, she remained silent about her war-time experiences for half a century. Her own explanation for this is that she did not wish to irritate people. Whatever the truth of that, after her husband died, and soon after the dawn of a new century, she became an energetic "ambassador for the memory" of those times, criss-crossing the country to share her holocaust knowledge with school children and students. Thanks to the ensuing media exposure, it is no longer only among children and students that, during the first decades of the twenty-first century, she has heightened awareness of the Shoah and its lessons.[1][2][3][4]
- ^ "Ginette Kolinka, née Cherkasky - Drancy, Auschwitz II-Birkenau, Bergen-Belsen, Raguhn, Theresienstadt". Ginette est née le 4 février 1925 à Paris ; elle a vécu sa petite enfance dans le 4ème arrondissement puis à Aubervilliers. Elle est la sixième d’une famille de sept enfants et a eu une enfance très protégée. Sur dénonciation, le 13 mars 1944, la Gestapo et la Milice viennent arrêter les hommes de la famille. Ginette ayant protesté, elle est embarquée aussi. L’association Cercle d’étude de la Déportation et de la Shoah-Amicale d’Auschwitz. 23 June 2012. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
- ^ Discours de Najat Vallaud-Belkacem (28 January 2016). "Décoration de Ginette Kolinka, une femme exceptionnelle". Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, ministre de l’Éducation nationale, de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
- ^ Marion Ruggieri (2019). "A Return to Birkenau [by Ginette Kolinka]- *Long-listed for the Prix André Malraux 2019*". book review. The French Publishers’ Agency , New York. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
- ^ Martin Doerry (26 January 2020). "Was war und was nie wieder geschehen soll". Erinnerungen von Auschwitz-Zeugin .... Sie wog noch 26 Kilo - aber sie hatte Auschwitz überlebt: Die bewegenden Erinnerungen von Ginette Kolinka erscheinen erstmals auf Deutsch. Der Spiegel (online). Retrieved 15 May 2022.