'Another Journey by Train': how television put Holocaust victims on the defensive

Article Abstract:

The British TV documentary, 'Another Journey by Train,' in its attempt to convince neo-Nazis about the truth of the Holocaust, only manages to increase the pain and embarrassment of Holocaust survivors by giving more prominence to a minority viewpoint sympathetic to the Nazis. The choice of the concentration camp at Auschwitz, where nature has destroyed all evidence of the Holocaust, as the focus of the film, also distorts the message the film attempts to convey. The film depicts an old woman, a concentration camp survivor, who undertakes a train journey to Auschwitz with four neo-Nazi youth, and who ultimately fails to convince them about what the Nazis did.

Documentary television programs, Television documentaries, Another Journey by Train (Motion picture)

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A fantasy of witnessing

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Steven Spielberg's 'Schindler's List' creates a fantasy of witnessing by blurring the line of 'viewable' and 'not viewable' in its portrayal of the horrible images of the Holocaust. Spielberg believes he follows a 'sensitive line' which demarcates the bitter events of the Holocaust from its cinematic presentation. The film betrays the director's desire to differentiate the film from actual events as well as equal it with the real events. Critics who reviewed the film have failed to recognize this 'sensitive line,' and instead either admire or decry the vivid portrayal of the Holocaust.

Spielberg, Steven, Schindler's List (Motion picture)

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Critical laughter: Humor, popular culture and Israeli Holocaust commemoration

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The satirical television show, 'The Chamber Quintent', criticizes established Israeli discourse surrounding the memory of Holocaust, and it indicates a major change in Israeli collective memory and also stands for a new voice in Israeli Holocaust commemoration. The show exemplifies the constantly changing character of collective memory and illuminates the multi-layered dialogue that constitutes it.

Israel, Public affairs, Social aspects, Television comedies, Comedy programs, Holocaust memorials, Holocaust, 1933-1945, The Chamber Quintent (Television program)

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