Figuring the Grey Zone: the Auschwitz Sonderkammando in contemporary culture

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