by Robert Badinter · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782213710105
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«Idiss» is Robert Badinter's biographical account of his maternal grandmother, published by Fayard in paperback (236 pages, in French).
Badinter follows his maternal grandmother from the shtetl of Bessarabia to her arrival in Paris before 1914, and then through Fontenay-sous-bois, the marriage of his daughter Charlotte, and the 1930s. Written as a tribute, the account is a family chronicle and a testimony to the France that served as asylum for Jews of the Russian Empire before the occupation.
Published on October 24, 2018. Part of Fayard's Documents collection (no. 57). Complete text in French.
Work aimed at readers of family memoirs and the history of Jewish immigration to France during the first half of the 20th century.
Robert Badinter was a French lawyer, politician, and author who enacted the abolition of capital punishment in France in 1981, while serving as Minister of Justice under François Mitterrand. He also served in high-level appointed positions with national and international bodies working for justice and the rule of law.
