Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Lanzmann akaberekwa musi wa27 Mbudzi 1925 muParis, France, mwanakomana waPaulette () naArmand Lanzmann. Mhuri yake yaiva yechiJudha, uye yakanga yatamira kuFrance ichibva kuEastern Europe. Akanga ari munun'una womunyori Jacques Lanzmann. Lanzmann akapinda muClermont-Ferrand. Apo mhuri yake yakavanza zvavaiva uye yakaenda kunovanda muHondo Yenyika II, akabatana neFrance kurwisa pazera remakore gumi nemanomwe, pamwe chete nababa vake nehanzvadzi, uye vakarwa muAuvergne. Lanzmann akaramba hondo yeFrance muAlgeria
uye vakasaina 1960 chikumbiro chokurwisana nehondo Manifesto of the 121.