Art after Auschwitz
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]Art after Auschwitz
[nb-NO]Author[nb-NO]
Call number940.5318/0143
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]04002L
[nb-NO]Place of publication[nb-NO]Lexington, Kentucky, United States
[nb-NO]Publisher[nb-NO]University Press of Kentucky
[nb-NO]Year of publication[nb-NO]
1999
[nb-NO]Pagination[nb-NO]pp152-168
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]Article
[nb-NO]ISBN[nb-NO]0813121019
NotesArticle from the book 'Problems unique to the Holocaust' pp152-168
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
In his essay 'Trivializing memory' Elie Wiesel posits the fundamental questions that confront artists, writers and filmmakers who try to capture an understanding of the Holocaust. While it seems easy to suggest that both art and films have a bias and involve degrees of misrepresentation, even stories told by survivors distort the past. Holocaust museums have to deal with issues of authenticity in how they tell the story and interpret materials