Colette: The french resistance fighter confronting facism Oscars 2021 Short Documentary Nominee

Colette has been nominated for an Academy Award in the category of best documentary short. This has been made possible by people like you supporting The Guardian s independent, audiencefunded publishing we and the filmmakers thank you. Help sustain our future by making a contribution today, from as little as 1 On the anniversary of the start of the Nuremberg trials, 90yearold Colette MarinCatherine confronts her past by visiting the German concentration camp MittelbauDora where her brother was killed. As a young girl, she fought Hitler s Nazis as a member of the French Resistance. For 74 years, shehas refused to step foot in Germany, but that changes when a young history student named Lucie enters her life. Prepared toreopen old wounds and revisit the terrors of that time, MarinCatherine offersimportant lessons for us all. Read our Q A with the filmmaker