East Germany’s ruling party never officially acknowledged
responsibility for the crimes committed in Germany’s name during
the Third Reich. Instead, it cast communists as both victims of and
victors over National Socialist oppression while marginalizing
discussions of Jewish suffering. Yet for the 1977 Academy Awards,
the Ministry of Culture submitted Jakob der Lügner – a film
focused exclusively on Jewish victimhood that would become the only
East German film to ever be officially nominated. By combining
close analyses of key films with extensive archival research, this
book explores how GDR filmmakers depicted Jews and the Holocaust in
a country where memories of Nazi persecution were highly
prescribed, tightly controlled and invariably political.
General
Imprint: |
Berghahn Books
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Film Europa |
Release date: |
December 2023 |
Authors: |
Elizabeth Ward
|
Pages: |
264 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-80539-145-6 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
1-80539-145-3 |
Barcode: |
9781805391456 |
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