The story of Sarah's Key, is probably one of the least known stories of the Second World War. On the 16th of July 1942, thousands of French Jewish families in Paris, men, women & children were rounded up. 4,000 children were in that number. The French Police rounded them up under the instruction of the German Gestapo. The Vélodrome D'Hiver (Vel' D'Hiv) was where they were held in Paris. Until being sent to an internment camp on the edge of Paris. From their the men were separated from the women, then the women had to leave behind their children who were under 12.
Sarah's Key is the horrifying story of just one family & how these events effected them. All of the French Jewish People who survived were then sent to Auschwitz, for extermination.
The horrific story of Sarah's family & the generations after her, are told in full in the book, unfortunately the movie cannot convey all that went on. Kristin Scott Thomas is fantastic as Julia. It's a story that needs telling... I hope the movie moves you, this is the kind of history that impacts you at the deepest level. I will never forget this story, the people & all that happened.
Sarah's Key is the horrifying story of just one family & how these events effected them. All of the French Jewish People who survived were then sent to Auschwitz, for extermination.
The horrific story of Sarah's family & the generations after her, are told in full in the book, unfortunately the movie cannot convey all that went on. Kristin Scott Thomas is fantastic as Julia. It's a story that needs telling... I hope the movie moves you, this is the kind of history that impacts you at the deepest level. I will never forget this story, the people & all that happened.