Christological symbolism of the Holocaust
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]Christological symbolism of the Holocaust
[nb-NO]Author[nb-NO]
Call number940.5318/0149
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]05247AW
[nb-NO]Place of publication[nb-NO]Oxford, England
[nb-NO]Publisher[nb-NO]Pergamon Press
[nb-NO]Year of publication[nb-NO]
1989
[nb-NO]Pagination[nb-NO]Vol.2 pp1657-1671
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]Article
[nb-NO]ISBN[nb-NO]80367542
NotesPapers from "Remembering for the Future:papers and addenda" pp1657-1671
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
Examines the use made by artists of the figure of Christ as a symbol of specifically Jewish martyrdom before, during and after the Holocaust: Goya, Chagall, Grosz, Heartfield among others. Artists also used the Christ symbol to attack the Church for its silence and inaction during the Holocaust. Their message: in killing Jews or other innocent victims, Christians were betraying and killing Christ himself. But few listened.