1st Edition
Photographing the Holocaust Interpretations of the Evidence
By Janina Struk
Copyright 2005
264 Pages
by
Routledge
264 Pages
by
Routledge
Atrocities committed by the Nazis during the Holocaust were photographed more intensely that any before. In the time since the images were taken they have been subjected to a perplexing variety of treatments: variously ignored, suppressed, distorted and above all exploited for propaganda purposes. With the use of many photographs, including some never before seen, this book traces the history of... Read more
Introduction: A Photograph from the Archives 1. Photography and National Socialism 1933-39 2. Photographs as Evidence 3. Armed with a Camera 4. Cameras in the Ghettos 5. Cameras in the Camps 6. Liberations 7. Constructing the Post-war Memory: 'Don't Mention the Jews' 8. Commercializing the Holocaust: 'There's No Business Like Shoah Business' 9. Interpretations of the Evidence 10. Dying for Eternity
Biography
Janina Struk is a freelance photographer and writer. She has been a senior lecturer in photography at the University of Westminster in London.
