On the occasion of International Holocaust Remembrance Day and, in Germany, the Day of Remembrance for the Victims of National Socialism.

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Nelly & Nadine is a remarkable story about the suffering of war, mysteries, love against all odds and the healing power of music; about well-kept secrets and the complicated family histories of concentration camp survivors who are still trying to come to terms with the ghosts of the past. 

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The film will be followed by a discussion with Andrea Genest, director of the Ravensbrück Memorial Site, moderated by Antje Bernhardt from bernhardt-bildung.

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Nelly & Nadine is the incredible love story of two women who fall in love on Christmas Eve 1944 – in the midst of the horrors of the Ravensbrück concentration camp. 

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In 2022, Nelly's granddaughter Sylvie decided to open Nelly and Nadine's hidden private archive and discovered their remarkable story. Among the items were photos, love letters and film reels.

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The archive also contains a diary written by Nelly. In these previously unpublished personal notes, she recounts her life story, including details about falling in love amid the horrors of a concentration camp, the complicated reunion with Nadine after the war, the decision to move to Venezuela to live freely in their relationship – and to return to Europe in the early 1970s and spend the last years of their lives in Brussels.

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An event organised by the Berlin State Archives in cooperation with the Ernst Reuter Archive Foundation and Cinema Paris.