Nine Italian citizens, all survivors of Auschwitz, shared their stories and these stories, alternating with personal and historical photographs and archive images from 1945, resulted in a documentary about the imprisonment in the Auschwitz concentration camp.

Andra Bucci, Esterina, Calò Di Veroli, Nedo Fiano, Luciana Nissim Momigliano, Liliana Segre, Settimia Spizzichino, Giuliana Tedeschi, Shlomo Venezia, Arminio Wachsberger, these are the names of the survivors who appear inI Only Wanted To Live, directed by Mimmo Calopresti.