At 55, Elsa Zylberstein is one of the most popular French actresses. Known for her major film roles, this year she will be starring in the film ” Eventually “ by director Claude Lellouch.
Although she has no children, the actress has spoken several times about her private life, particularly about her father, who was a hidden child during the Second World War, even though he was Jewish.
Today, Elsa Zylberstein must face the death of her father Albert Zylberstein.
Elsa Zylberstein devastated when talking about her father
Elsa Zylberstein has spoken about her father several times in the media. Invited onto the set of the show “It’s up to you” In 2022, the actress returned to the childhood of Simone Veil, a politician she played in the cinema.
“My father was a hidden child. During the war, he was saved by people who are Righteous today. My grandmother was from Lithuania, Russian. My grandparents were killed in the Warsaw ghetto, by the Holocaust, by bullets…” she had declared.
And to add before bursting into tears: ” Maybe it was also to pay homage to those people, to my father… Well, not voluntarily… Sorry…« .
Elsa Zylberstein faces the death of her father
This Tuesday, July 2, 2024, The actress has to deal with the death of her father. Albert Zylberstein, a Jewish physicist from Russia, has just breathed his last.
Thanks to the actress, we know that during the Second World War, Albert Zylberstein and his parents, Ashkenazi Jews, had to hide in Vienna, then in Lyon. Every evening, they had to find a new place to avoid being spotted by the Nazis…
A painful episode from his youth that he often told to his daughter, who was so sensitive. A moving family story that deeply affected the actress, to the point of wanting to take part in the Jewish cause through very committed roles.
