Through Amateur Eyes: Film and Photography in Nazi Germany

by Frances Guerin

Book Overview

We have seen the films of professionals and propagandists celebrate Adolf Hitler, his SS henchmen, and the Nazi Party. But what of the documentary films and photographs of amateurs, soldiers, and others involved in the war effort who were simply going about their lives amid death and destruction? And what of the films and photographs that want us to believe there was no death and destruction? This book asks how such images have shaped our memories...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816670072
• ISBN13: 9780816670079
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"