Hollywood and the Shoah 1933-1945
TitleHollywood and the Shoah 1933-1945
Call number791.430909358/0014
Object number07326i
PublisherState University of New York Press
Year of publication
2010
Physical descriptionpp149-171
MaterialArticle
Series titleThe SUNY series, horizons of cinema
ISBN9781438430263
NotesArticle from the book 'Cinema & the Shoah' pp149-171
Description
Discusses the reasons for the silence of Hollywood films on the Shoah during the period 1933-1945 in spite of many of the movie moguls being Jewish. Some of the reasons discussed are the rise of anti-semitiism in America, American isolationism, reluctance to portray the war as a 'Jewish war' and fear of reprisals against Jews in Europe.