Film
TitleFilm
Author
Call number940.5318/0385
Object number06034ac
Place of publicationOxford, England
PublisherOxford University Press
Year of publication
2010
Physical descriptionpp444-460
MaterialArticle
Series titleOxford handbooks
ISBN9780199211869
NotesArticle from the book ' The Oxford Handbook of Holocaust Studies' pp444-460
Description
The representation of the Holocaust began with the Third Reich's propaganda films and the footage taken by the Allies at liberated concentation camps. In the early postwar years European filmmakers exaggerated resistance against Nazi policies while Hollywood avoided the topic. The NBC miniseries 'Holocaust', and the documentary 'Shoah' shattered these patterns