Language:
English
Year of publication:
2021
Titel der Quelle:
Holocaust Studies
Angaben zur Quelle:
27,2 (2021) 201-217
Keywords:
Poklosie (Motion picture : 2012)
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Ida (Motion picture : 2013)
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Demon (Motion picture : 2015)
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Motion pictures History 21st century
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in motion pictures
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Expressionism in motion pictures
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Commemoration
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Antisemitism
Abstract:
Fantasies of Jews returning to Poland after the Holocaust have become a staple of post-Communist Polish cultural expression. Recent Polish films, Aftermath (2012), Ida (2013), and Demon (2015) represent Polish Holocaust memory through Expressionist cinematic techniques, including spectral figures and non-realistic lighting and camera angles. This essay examines how Jewish ghosts excavate suppressed Holocaust knowledge and the resurgence of anti-Semitism, forming a post-Holocaust Polish critical exegesis. These films defy redemptive resolutions to questions about Polish-Jewish historical and ethical relationships during the Holocaust, Polish Holocaust memory, second and third generation Polish survivors, and the absent presence of Poland's slaughtered Jews.
DOI:
10.1080/17504902.2019.1637493
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