Language:
English
Year of publication:
2021
Titel der Quelle:
Holocaust Studies
Angaben zur Quelle:
27,2 (2021) 293-306
Keywords:
Hitler's children (Motion picture : 2011)
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Documentary films History and criticism
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in motion pictures
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Children of Nazis
Abstract:
Hitler’s Children (Chanoch Ze’evi, 2011) is the first Israeli documentary dedicated to the topic of descendants of Nazis. This article analyzes cinematic and ethical choices in mediating a notably painful subject for Israeli audiences. It claims that the emphasis on reconciliation and the focus on descendants who acknowledge and express remorse for their parents’ roles in the Holocaust set a cinematic tenor of confession and guilt. The similar perspectives shared by the five descendants interviewed for the film marginalize the conflictual and complex responses of descendants of perpetrators which have been discussed in research, culture, and other films.
DOI:
10.1080/17504902.2019.1637500
URL:
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