Los Angeles Times

Review: 'Shoah: Four Sisters' marks the final chapter in Claude Lanzmann's decades-long chronicle to preserve the history of the Holocaust

Until almost the day he died, the Holocaust would not let Claude Lanzmann rest.

Even though the French director's 1985 "Shoah" has a running time of 9 1/2 hours, making it one of the longest documentaries ever, he was unhappy with the large amount of material he'd left out, stories and characters he felt were significant but that there simply hadn't been room for.

So starting with 1997's "A Visitor From the Living," Lanzmann mined his hundreds of hours of interviews to produce stand-alone documentaries

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Times5 min read
There's A New Highly Transmissible COVID-19 Variant. Could FLiRT Lead To A Summer Uptick?
Two new COVID-19 subvariants, collectively nicknamed FLiRT, are increasingly edging out the winter's dominant strain ahead of a possible summer uptick in coronavirus infections. The new FLiRT subvariants, officially known as KP.2 and KP.1.1, are beli
Los Angeles Times3 min read
Alleged Violin Thief Also Robbed A Bank, Prosecutors Say, With Note That Said 'Please' And 'Thx'
LOS ANGELES — The violins were expensive — and very, very old. They included a Caressa & Francais, dated 1913 and valued at $40,000. A $60,000 Gand & Bernardel, dated 1870. And a 200-year-old Lorenzo Ventapane violin, worth $175,000. For more than tw
Los Angeles Times2 min readWorld
Facing A 'National Emergency,' South Korea President Urges Citizens To Have More Babies
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol announced this week that he would create a new government ministry to tackle the country's low birth rate, which he called "a national emergency." The ministry will serve as a specialized "con

Related Books & Audiobooks