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Inga Clendinnen, Representing the Holocaust

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Sep 16, 2024
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The Tattooist of Auschwitz is one of many films and novels that has been criticised for mawkish, unethical representations of the real history of the Holocaust

Is film, fiction, or history the best way to engage ethically with the Holocaust?

That is the question asked by Inga Clendinnen in Reading the Holocaust (1998).

Her questions have renewed relevance…

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