Most Holocaust scholars and survivors contend that the event was so
catastrophic and unprecedented that it defies authentic
representation in feature films. Yet it is precisely the extremity
of "the Final Solution" and the issues it raised that have fueled
the cinematic imagination since the end of World War II.
Recognizing that movies reach a greater audience than eyewitness,
historical, or literary accounts, Lawrence Baron argues that they
mirror changing public perceptions of the Holocaust over time and
place. After tracing the evolution of the most commonly employed
genres and themes in earlier Holocaust motion pictures, he focuses
on how films from the l990s made the Holocaust relevant for
contemporary audiences. While genres like biographical films and
love stories about doomed Jewish-Gentile couples remained popular,
they now cast Jews or non-Jewish victims like homosexuals in lead
roles more often than was the case in the past. Baron attributes
the recent proliferation of Holocaust comedies and children's
movies to the search for more figurative and age-appropriate genres
for conveying the significance of the Holocaust to generations born
after it happened. He contends that thematic shifts to stories
about neo-Nazis, rescuers, survivors, and their children constitute
an expression of the continuing impact the Holocaust exerts on the
present. The book concludes with a survey of recent films like
Nowhere in Africa and The Pianist.
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