East German Film and the Holocaust

by Elizabeth Ward

East Germany's ruling party never officially acknowledged responsibility for the crimes committed in Germany's name during the Third Reich. Instead, it cast communists as both victims of and victors over National Socialist oppression while marginalizing discussions of Jewish suffering. Yet for the 1977 Academy Awards, the Ministry of Culture submitted Jakob der L gner - a film focused exclusively on Jewish victimhood that would become the only...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1789207479
• ISBN13: 9781789207477
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"