Bayer G (2025)
Publication Language: English
Publication Type: Book chapter / Article in edited volumes
Publication year: 2025
Publisher: Routledge
Edited Volumes: The Routledge Handbook to Auschwitz-Birkenau
City/Town: London
Pages Range: 259-267
ISBN: 9781003262848
This chapter provides an introduction to cinematic forms of representing Auschwitz, covering both documentary and fiction films. It takes a largely historical approach, situating individual films in their cultural contexts as well as in the academic discussions relating to them. Works covered in this survey come from many countries directly affected by the Holocaust, including Poland, Germany, France, Italy, the US and others. Films are grouped by thematic aspects (for instance, the choices between victimhood and agency), such as the ethics of representation, by generic form and the role of the films’ protagonists with respect to Auschwitz, including survivors, perpetrators and people born into later generations.
APA:
Bayer, G. (2025). Filming Auschwitz. In Sarah M. Cushman, Joanne Pettitt, Dominic Williams (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook to Auschwitz-Birkenau. (pp. 259-267). London: Routledge.
MLA:
Bayer, Gerd. "Filming Auschwitz." The Routledge Handbook to Auschwitz-Birkenau. Ed. Sarah M. Cushman, Joanne Pettitt, Dominic Williams, London: Routledge, 2025. 259-267.
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