- Summary
- Translated by Charles B. Potter, You've Got to Tell Them is the result of a friendship that formed in 1988, when Grinspan returned to visit Auschwitz for the first time since 1945 and where she met Bertrand Poirot-Delpeche, a distinguished writer for the Paris newspaper Le Monde. Sometimes speaking alone, sometimes speaking in close alternation, Grinspan and Poirot-Delpeche simultaneously narrate the story of her survival and the decades that followed, including how she began lecturing in schools and guiding groups that visited the death camps. Replete with pedagogical resources including a discussion of how and why the Holocaust should be taught, a timeline, and suggestions for further reading, Potter's expert translation of You've Got to Tell Them showcases a clear and moving narrative of a young French girl overcoming one of the darkest periods in her life and in European history.
- Uniform Title
- J'ai pas pleuré. English
- Other Title
- J'ai pas pleuré.
- Format
- Book
- Author/Creator
- Grinspan, Ida, 1929- author.
- Published
- Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2018]
©2018
- Locale
- France
- Contents
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French Publisher's Preface
Foreword / by Ida Grinspan and Bertrand Poirot-Delpech
Part I: "The Jewess of Lié". The Sound of a Motor in the Night
France, the Place of Refuge
Country Girl
"You Will Never See Her Again!"
Drancy-Pitchipoï
Part II: From a Human to an Item. "It Couldn't Be Any Worse!"
"On Another Planet!"
The Kapos: "Here, You Enter Via the Door, and You Leave Via the Chimney!"
A Day in Quarantine
Roll Call
The Kommandos
Towards the Kommandos
Mala, Our Ideal!
The Factory
Story of a Gray Sweater
A Crematorium Explodes
An Incredible String of Lucky Breaks
"The Death March"
Stopover in Ravensbrück
The Miracle of Miracles
"Hello!"
"Revoir Paris"
First Antibiotics
A Hat with Cherries on It
Learning about the Resistance
Even the Dog ...
Alice's Demise
"Slog"
A Certain Leo
Get Even? What Good Would That Do?
Antigone
"The Policemen Could Have Saved Her"
A Mere Transfer
"My Best Student"
"Even Raymond!"
The Missed Meeting with Wanda
Exceptional Women
"The Only Cemetery I Have"
Only as Long as a Song
The Thoughts of a Witness
Part III: Then What?. Why 1988?
What Is It to Bear Witness?
"Who Did That to You?"
Good Questions
The Need for Optimism
"Salvation through Solidarity"
Have I Forgotten Anything?
A Stone on the Edge of a Grave
Do Not Ever Stop Telling
You've Got to Tell Them
Timeline: The Story behind the History
French Publisher's Afterword
Notes
Glossary
Selected Reading.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Poirot-Delpech, Bertrand, author.
Potter, Charles, 1944- translator.
Grinspan, Ida, 1929-
- Notes
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Includes bibliographical references.
French Publisher's Preface -- Foreword / by Ida Grinspan and Bertrand Poirot-Delpech -- Part I: "The Jewess of Lié". The Sound of a Motor in the Night -- France, the Place of Refuge -- Country Girl -- "You Will Never See Her Again!" -- Drancy-Pitchipoï -- Part II: From a Human to an Item. "It Couldn't Be Any Worse!" -- "On Another Planet!" -- The Kapos: "Here, You Enter Via the Door, and You Leave Via the Chimney!" -- A Day in Quarantine -- Roll Call -- The Kommandos -- Towards the Kommandos -- Mala, Our Ideal! -- The Factory -- Story of a Gray Sweater -- A Crematorium Explodes -- An Incredible String of Lucky Breaks -- "The Death March" -- Stopover in Ravensbrück -- The Miracle of Miracles -- "Hello!" -- "Revoir Paris" -- First Antibiotics -- A Hat with Cherries on It -- Learning about the Resistance -- Even the Dog ... -- Alice's Demise -- "Slog" -- A Certain Leo -- Get Even? What Good Would That Do? -- Antigone -- "The Policemen Could Have Saved Her" -- A Mere Transfer -- "My Best Student" -- "Even Raymond!" -- The Missed Meeting with Wanda -- Exceptional Women -- "The Only Cemetery I Have" -- Only as Long as a Song -- The Thoughts of a Witness -- Part III: Then What?. Why 1988? -- What Is It to Bear Witness? -- "Who Did That to You?" -- Good Questions -- The Need for Optimism -- "Salvation through Solidarity" -- Have I Forgotten Anything? -- A Stone on the Edge of a Grave -- Do Not Ever Stop Telling -- You've Got to Tell Them -- Timeline: The Story behind the History -- French Publisher's Afterword -- Notes -- Glossary -- Selected Reading.
Translation of J'ai pas pleuré, copyright 2002 by Éditions Robert Laffont; preface and afterword copyright 2003 by Éditions Pocket Jeunesse, département d'Univers Poche.
