Reflects on the Europeanization of Holocaust memory, i.e. the formation of a common European memory of the Holocaust, using six films as a case study: the German-French-Polish co-production "Europa, Europa" by Agnieszka Holland; the German films "Aimée and Jaguar" by Max Färberb…
"Discusses the transcultural uses of Holocaust memory in literature, cinema and theory in the French-speaking world from the postwar years to contemporary times. Examines the political force and ethical perils of complicity and practices of historical remembrance"-- "Since Worl…
Despite the Soviet tendency of silencing the Holocaust, or at least its universalization and externalization in literature and in the arts, the Soviet film industry has produced a number of films dealing with the Holocaust, or at least mentioning it. In the representation of Naz…
Film and genocide
Italian film in the shadow of Auschwitz
"In addition to Roberto Benigni's internationally acclaimed Life is Beautiful (1997), there have appeared a number of other Italian films that deal with the Holocaust, many of which have not been available to foreign audiences. Millicent Marcus's Italian Film in the Shadow of Au…
Italian film in the shadow of Auschwitz
"In addition to Roberto Benigni's internationally acclaimed Life is Beautiful (1997), there have appeared a number of other Italian films that deal with the Holocaust, many of which have not been available to foreign audiences. Millicent Marcus's Italian Film in the Shadow of Au…