Rue Ordener, Rue Labat

French philosopher, Sarah Kofman only inherited one object from her father, Rabbi Bereck Kofman, who was murdered in Auschwitz in 1943. This pen “obliges me to write” her experiences in the Holocaust. Kofman describes the events of July 16-17, 1942 when her father was taken, her difficulties separating from her mother to go into hiding, and her relationship with her adoptive mother, Mémé, and disavowal of her Judaism at the rue Labat. Kofman committed suicide soon after completing the book.