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Coo, coo, coo, coo, coon.

Mm.

Mm.

Yes.

Mm.

Mm.

What?

Mm.

Ah.

Cluck, cluck.

Hmm.

Hmm.

Okay.

"Butterfly." Hmm.

That would be one of the Polish princesses, I think.

Hmm, this looks like Djuna Barnes to me.

The great American writer. Yes.

Let's see who else we have here.

Ah, this one, shall we say '35?

And all the pictures were taken by Nadine.

- Right. - In St. Raphael,

Beauvallon, Monte Carlo.

I found so many of them, yeah.

- Lots of ladies. - Yeah.

- Lots of lovely ladies. - Yeah, lot of ladies.

Everywhere.

Hmm.

That's why I wanted to see you

- Because? - Because looks like

you know a lot of things about the life

of Nadine before I knew her.

Mm-hmm.

This is Nadine with Natalie Barney.

- Oh, that's Natalie. - Yes.

- That is distinctly Natalie. - And this...

Nadine was in Natalie's employ

- Mm. - as a secretary

and a chauffeur. Yeah.

As well as a lover. Natalie was very practical.

Natalie Barney founded,

in the early part of the 20th century,

the most important literary salon that ever existed.

She was a lesbian, supporting and promoting

brilliant women artists and writers.

She had a small inner circle called the Academie Des Femmes.

- Mm. - It was a response

to the Academie Francaise, which did not admit a woman

into its doors until 1980.

Naturally, there is no plaque

- Mm, mm. - on 20 Rue Jacob,

where Natalie kept her salon

for 63 years. Mm, mm, mm, mm.

No recognition at all of what she did.

Everyone knew what went on in that salon.

Every Friday between 5:30 and 8:00,

people came to perform in her salon.

- Mm-hmm. - Stories would circulate

that things went on more wild than anyone could imagine.

With so many attractive, intelligent people,

everyone is gonna end up sleeping with everyone else.

Mm-hmm.

Nadine seemed to have great feelings for Natalie.

- Mm. - But Natalie

had an array of lovers.

I found no letters from Natalie

that indicated love to Nadine.

What are you looking for here?

Nadine and my grandmother met

at the concentration camp in '44.

- Mm-hmm. - And after the war,

they decided to live together.

That was the only thing I, I was...

So what took you so long to investigate your grandma?

Because nobody was talking about it.

- Mm-hmm. - My mother put these albums

in an envelope written "Nadine",

and put this in in the middle of junk.

Mm-hmm.

So much of this kind of history

is lost completely. Mm.

Because, although people lived together,

as your grandmother did, Mm.

nobody says it.

And nothing is real, That's true.

socially, until it's expressed.

- Yeah, right. - So when did you express it?

It never occurred to you that these two ladies

might be in love with each other?

Mm.

Mm.

Hmm.

Hmm.

Mm.

Mm.

Oh yeah.

Mm.

Mm.

Mm-hmm. Si.

Mm. Mm.

Mm.

Ah.

Hmm.

Mm.

Mm.

Mm. Mm.

Mm.

Wow. Wow.

Mm.

Mm, mm, mm.

Ah. Wow.

Wow. Ah!

Oh, hey!

Ah!

Ah!

Okay.

If it wasn't for Nadine,

I wouldn't be talking to you today.

Huh. Really?

- Yes. - Wow.

She always knew what was going on in the camp.

You met Nadine in Ravensbruck?

Yes. I was about eight, nine.

It's amazing.

My mother was very close to her.

They used to talk. Mm, mm.

And years later, I had my daughter,

my mother came to visit me in the hospital and she said,

"I made a promise to somebody and I want you to keep it."

And she told me, you know, about Nadine Hwang.

Mm.

Towards the end when things were very, very bad,

- Mm. - Nadine Hwang

told my mother that there were some white buses coming.

That there were people going to be taken out of the camp

and going to Sweden to freedom.

- Mm-hmm. - And she said to my mother,

"Rachel, we must get on that bus."

I don't how she did it, Mm.

- but she was really brave. - Mm-hmm.

Before we got on the bus,

Nadine said to my mother,

"If you survive and your little girl survives,

makes me cry,

and if your little girl ever has a daughter,

- Mm. - will you name her for me?

- Yes. - Now, come on.

Oh, so, oh...

Nadine.

- Hello. - Hello, yes.

Wow, young Nadine.

When were you born?

1971.

Nadine died in February, '72.

- Really? - It's very close.

- Yeah, so very close. - Okay, so...

Yeah.

I'm sorry she never knew.

Mm.

Okay.

Okay.

♪ I lost myself on a cool damp night ♪

♪ Gave myself in that misty light ♪

♪ Was hypnotized by a strange delight ♪

♪ Under a lilac tree

♪ I made wine from the lilac tree ♪

♪ Put my heart in its recipe

♪ It makes me see what I want to see ♪

♪ Be what I want to be

♪ When I think more than I want to think ♪

♪ Do things I never should do

♪ I drink much more than I oughta drink ♪

♪ Because it brings me back you ♪

♪ Lilac wine is sweet and heady ♪

♪ Like my love

♪ Lilac wine, I feel unsteady

♪ Like my love

♪ Lilac wine, I feel I'm ready for my love ♪

♪ Feel I'm ready for my love