Figuring the Grey Zone: the Auschwitz Sonderkammando in contemporary culture
TitreFiguring the Grey Zone: the Auschwitz Sonderkammando in contemporary culture
Auteur
Call numberS940.5318/005
N° d'objet05556ME
Lieu de publicationLondon, England
EditeurRoutledge
Année de publication
2018
Dimensionspp141-157
MatérielArticle
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