East German film and the Holocaust /

"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 sufferin...

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Main Author: Ward, Elizabeth (Lecturer) (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Berghahn Books, 2021.
Series:Film Europa ; v. 22.
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505 0 0 |g (from table of contents)  |g Introduction --  |t Picking up the pieces : Kurt Maetzig's "Ehe im Schatten" --  |t The German Democratic Republic's ambassador of good will : Konrad Wolf's "Sterne" --  |t Reframing victimhood : Konrad Wolf's "Professor Mamlock" --  |t Crimes of the past and politics of the present : Wolfgang Luderer's "Lebende Ware" --  |t 'In Babelsberg, nothing new' : Gottfried Kolditz's "Das Tal der sieben Monde" --  |t New encounters on well-worn paths : Kurt Jung-Alsen's "Die Bilder des Zeugen Schattmann" --  |t Returning to the past : Frank Beyer's "Jakob der Lügner" --  |t Shifting identities : Michael Kann's "Stielke, Heinz, fünfzehn" --  |t Calendar-based shame? : Siegfried Kühn's "Die Schauspielerin" --  |g Conclusion. 
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