Serge Klarsfeld

Serge Klarsfeld

Known for

Acting

Born

September 17, 1935 (age 91)

Birthplace

Bucharest, Romania

Biography

Serge Klarsfeld (born 17 September 1935) is a Romanian-born French activist and Nazi hunter known for documenting the Holocaust in order to establish the record and to enable the prosecution of war criminals. Since the 1960s, he has made notable efforts to commemorate the Jewish victims of German-occupied France and has been a supporter of Israel.

Serge Klarsfeld was born in Bucharest into a family of Romanian Jews that migrated to France before the Second World War began. In 1943, his father was arrested by the SS in Nice during a roundup ordered by Alois Brunner. Deported to the Auschwitz concentration camp, Klarsfeld's father died there.

The young Serge was cared for in a home for Jewis...

Best known work

Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie

Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie

1988

The Memory of Justice

The Memory of Justice

1976

Hunting Down the Nazis

Hunting Down the Nazis

2007

My Enemy's Enemy

My Enemy's Enemy

2007

Apostrophes

Apostrophes

1975

L'Invité

L'Invité

2002

Mein Name sei Altmann

Mein Name sei Altmann

2015

The Shoshani Riddle

The Shoshani Riddle

2023

Les rafles d'août 1942 en zone libre, un crime de l'État Français

Les rafles d'août 1942 en zone libre, un crime de l'État Français

2009

Les juifs d'Afrique du Nord pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale

Les juifs d'Afrique du Nord pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale

2014

Filmography

2026
To Kill a Nazi
as Himself
2026
L'irréparable - 1995, le discours du Vel d'Hiv
as Self : Président de l’Association des Fils et filles des déportés juifs de France
2025
La France de l'épuration, entre vengeance et justice
as 10 ans en 1945, rescapé de la Shoah et avocat
2023
The Shoshani Riddle
as Self
2022
Klarsfeld
as Self
2017
Nicht Rache, sondern Gerechtigkeit. Das Leben von Beate und Serge Klarsfeld
as Self
2016
The Secret Of The Auschwitz Albums - Photos From Hell
as Self
2015
La justice allemande face aux criminels nazis
as Self - Historian
2015
Mein Name sei Altmann
as Self - Nebenkläger im Barbie Prozess
2014
Les juifs d'Afrique du Nord pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale
as Self - Historian
2013
Les lois anti-juives de Vichy, 1940-1944
as Self - Historian
2012
Ils ne savaient pas ? Les Français et la Shoah sous l'occupation
as Self
2011
Berlin - Paris: Die Geschichte der Beate Klarsfeld
as Self
2010
La vie après la Shoah
as Self
2010
Nazi HuntersTV
as Self - Nazi Hunter (1 episode)
2009
Les rafles d'août 1942 en zone libre, un crime de l'État Français
as Self - Historian
2007
My Enemy's Enemy
as Self
2007
Hunting Down the Nazis
as Self
2002
L'InvitéTV
as Self (1 episode)
1988
Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie
as Self
1976
The Memory of Justice
as Self
1975
ApostrophesTV
as Self (1 episode)