Svetlana

Svetlana Capek, a young Jewish woman native of Czechoslovakia, works as a primary school teacher in Paris. She suffers from a rare disease, which prevents her from feeling any kind of physical or moral pain, or even strong emotions, such as fear and love. When the Germans occupy France and the Vichy government votes anti-Semitic laws, she does not feel the terror and therefore, does not protect herself. When her husband makes a terrible mistake, they both are denounced and deported to Drancy, then to the concentration and extermination camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau.
In such troubles, her inability to feel pain or hunger becomes a strength. For how long?