HUMAN 1C Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Jud Süß (1940 Film), Aryan Race, Nazi Propaganda
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Kluger tries to find common good with readers. Law that jews cant go to the movies. Kluger can hardly concentrate on whats happening in the movie. Germans werwe aryans (genetic myth from nordic heritage) Wanted to avoid aryans having children with non-aryans. Jews restricted from pretty much all aspects of public life. Nazi ideology provides different cues as does the poster. Momument: a statue or other structure that commemorates a famous person or event. Memorial: often a synonym for monument but emphasizes the mental exercise of memory. Museum: latin and greek derivation = library, study, place of learning. All of the above have been used to commemorate the holocaust. Debates about the appropriateness of specific monuments and memorials. She is saying we have a duty to be knowledgable about the past. Berlin memorial to the murdered jews of europe. It was criticised for being too abstract, so they added to the design a learning center.
