Never Forget Meets Never Again: 10 Important Films About the Holocaust

Never Forget Meets Never Again: 10 Important Films About the Holocaust

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By Erica Terry - April 23, 201707795 

 The Gift Of The Town - Terezin/Theresienstadt
Theresienstadt concentration camp was a Nazi German ghetto during World War 2. It was established by the Gestapo in the fortress and garrison city of Terezín (German name Theresienstadt), located in what is now the Czech Republic. [...] On June 23, 1944, the Nazis permitted the visit by representatives from the Danish Red Cross and the International Red Cross in order to dispel rumors about the extermination camps. [...] To minimize the appearance of overcrowding in Theresienstadt, the Nazis deported many Jews to Auschwitz. [...] The hoax against the Red Cross was apparently so successful for the Nazis that they went on to make a propaganda film at Theresienstadt. Production of the film began on February 26, 1944. Directed by Jewish prisoner Kurt Gerron (a director, cabaret performer, and actor who appeared with Marlene Dietrich in The Blue Angel), it was meant to show how well the Jews lived under the "benevolent" protection of the Third Reich. [...] After the shooting of the film, most of the cast and even the filmmaker himself were eventually deported to Auschwitz. [...] The film was not released at the time, but was edited into pieces and only segments of it have remained. (wikipedia: read more ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concentr...)
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The Holocaust forms the defining moment of Jewish memory. Six million Jews were stripped of clothing, hair and names and fed to an insatiable war machine.

And it was a machine, carefully oiled and maintained. Brainwashing propaganda, from posters and speeches to salutes and faux-science, kept it in beautiful working order. To look at archival footage of thousands of polished Nazi boots marching in perfect synchronization is to stare into the whirring cogs and gears of Hitler’s locomotive.

Even as the Allies charged across Europe, such films played an integral role in the Nazi war effort. A psudo-documentary film of concentration camp Terezín made in 1944 proving the benevolent protection of the Third Reich fooled the world. Some still believe its fabricated images.

Today, we should reflect on the truth and the lies propagated throughout the years. Then, as now, film is a powerful tool able to awaken and enrage as well as coddle and deceive. How far have we come from the Nazi’s self-serving portrayal of Terezín?