GERMAN 3252 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Hanns Eisler, Timothy D. Snyder, Extermination Camp
26 Sep 2016
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In the 19th century, it was illegal to publish short books in germany because they usually politically subversive (think political pamphlets, trying to convince/pander to people), so they made short texts illegal. It"s 1955; film using creative means to get to the reality of the situation. A lot of interest (particularly in france) that the use of artistic means to be more lifelike--a paradox we encounter often in film & writing about the holocaust. Writers/filmmakers feel that they need to turn to artistic means to properly portray it. Feel an unusual pressure to be true to reality whilst simultaneously using creative language. Night & fog insists that we look at its message because its context is its explicit message--not enough people in 1955 paid attention to holocaust & its terrible consequences. Now there are many films & books & museums & memorials about the.
