Whakakihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whanau a Lanzmann i te 27 o Noema 1925 i Paris, France, te tama a Paulette () me Armand Lanzmann. He Hurai tōna whānau, ā, i heke mai ki Wīwī mai i Ūropi ki te Rāwhiti. Ko ia te tuakana o te kaituhi a Jacques Lanzmann. I haere a Lanzmann ki te Whare Wānanga o Clermont-Ferrand. Ahakoa i huna e tona whanau to ratau tuakiri ka huna i te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao, i uru ia ki te whakaeke French i te 17 o ona tau, me tona papa me tona tuakana, ka whawhai ki Auvergne. I whakahe a Lanzmann i te
Ko te pakanga French i Algeria me te hainatanga i te 1960 petition antiwar Manifesto o te 121.