52′, directed by Jean-Pierre Carlon.
Co-produced by France Télévisions.
With the support of the CNC, the PROCIREP, the ANGOA, the PACA region, the Fondation pour la Mémoire de la Shoah, the Conseil Général des Bouches-du-Rhône.
Selection: FID 2005.
The roundups, evacuation and destruction of the Old Port neighborhoods in January 1943 affected thousands of Marseilles residents.
Almost everyone has heard of the raids on the Vélodrome d’Hiver in Paris in July 1942… But who still remembers the Marseilles raids in January 1943, which were just as important…?
Who is really responsible for the destruction of the Old Quarter?
Was it a pure clean-up operation by the Marseilles underworld or the execution of an urban plan decided by the French before the war?
In this document, we want to highlight the nature of state collaboration, its role, its influence on the course of history and its responsibility in the events described here. We would also like to try to understand who benefited from all this…
DVD edition by Les Productions du Lagon and ClapOsud.
The DVD also includes an English subtitled version and more than 36 minutes of bonus material.