Quark Productions

Mina's recipe book, Terezin 1944

by Anne Georget

Summary

“Cakes for new mothers, Baden Caramel sweets, Quetsch strudel, Linzertorte…”
A handwritten recipe book, covered in craft paper, held together by a simple string.
Deported by the nazis in Terezin, Mina Pächter, before dying of starvation, wrote down her best cake recipes for her daughter who had escaped to Palestine.
It took twenty years for the book to reach her daughter…

Credits

Directed by Anne Georget
Edited by Valérie Salvy

Length 47'
Format 16/9

© Quark - 2007

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Mina's recipe book, Terezin 1944