Figuring the Grey Zone: the Auschwitz Sonderkammando in contemporary culture
TitleFiguring the Grey Zone: the Auschwitz Sonderkammando in contemporary culture
Author
Call numberS940.5318/005
Object number05556ME
Place of publicationLondon, England
PublisherRoutledge
Year of publication
2018
Dimensionspp141-157
MaterialArticle
NotesArticle from the journal 'Holocaust studies: a journal of culture and history',Vol 25, nos 1-2, 2019 pp141-157
Description
Discusses the ways in which the Auschwitz Sonderkammando figure in the film The Grey Zone (2001) and the comic book Magneto: Testament (2009). The author shows how the generic conventions of gangster films and superhero stories allow The Grey Zone and Magneto to address both the moral questions of the Sonderkommando's position and the ways in which they are able to bear witness