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Simone Gigliotti

Call number940.5318/0051

Numero oggetto10211g

Luogo di pubblicazioneEvanston, Illinois, United States

EditoreNorthwestern University Press

Anno di pubblicazione

2018

Paginazionepp169-194

MaterialeArticle

ISBN9780810137660

NotesArticle from the book 'Lessons and legacies Vol XIII: new approaches to an integrated history of the Holocaust: social history, representation, theory.' pp169-194

Descrizione

Discusses the representation of Jewish displaced persons after World War II in Meyer Levin's film 'The Illegals'. It discusses reasons for the film's waning relevance, particularly affter the 1960 success of the film 'Exodus'. It is suggested that the study of the Holocaust as both a migration and displacement narrative, in the context of the current European refugee crises, is valid and overdue.

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