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Contemporary Holocaust film beyond memetic imperatives

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Discusses films which portray the Holocaust in various ways. In 1988, Terrence Des Pres summarized the key tenets of unwritten "Holocaust etiquette", which demanded that the genocide be represented (1) as a unique event (2) reverentially (3) with strict attention to historical accuracy. Representations that have transgressed these rules have faced a variety of serious accusations: that they trivialize the genocide, desecrate the memory of the victims, and abet Holocaust revisionism and denial

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