A commemorative screening of the monumental documentary came as some artists are questioning whether Germany’s Holocaust remembrance culture stifles free speech.
Category: Holocaust and the Nazi Era
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Gerd Heidemann, Journalist Duped by Fake Hitler Diaries, Dies at 93
What was supposed to be the crowning scoop of his career became his downfall when a trove of notebooks he acquired in Germany turned out to be forgeries.
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Leni Riefenstahl’s Nazi Beliefs Seen in New Film
Recent access to Leni Riefenstahl’s estate has prompted new discussions in Germany about her politics and a reconsideration of her photographs of the Nuba people in Sudan.
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‘After: Poetry Destroys Silence’ Review: A Study in Trauma
Richard Kroehling’s documentary presents a mixture of poets’ responses to the Holocaust and argues for the importance of the form in addressing trauma.
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What It Means to Make Art About Nazis Now
And is the culture telling the right stories about them, at a time when it’s never felt more urgent?
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The Holocaust’s Grandchildren Are Speaking Now
Three generations on, filmmakers, writers and artists are making new meaning from ancestral trauma.
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It Was Their Dream Home. But Could They Grapple With Its Dark Legacy?
After a Berlin couple discovered who’d once lived there, they still wanted to make the house their own.
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A Newly Translated Oral History Reveals Krautrock’s Antifascist Roots
Christoph Dallach’s book explores how Nazism, a postwar German identity crisis and anti-authoritarian youth movements spurred some of the most daring experiments of 1970s music.
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Walter Arlen, Holocaust Refugee and Belated Composer, Is Dead at 103
After fleeing Vienna, he was a music critic and teacher before returning to composing in the 1980s. His memories of Nazi barbarism inspired his music.
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Choosing Love and Marriage During the Holocaust
Natalie Mandelbaum, a coordinator and researcher of Yad Vashem’s online photo exhibit “Weddings During the Holocaust,” describes highlighting 11 Jewish couples who married during that perilous time.
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Margot Friedländer, 102-Year-Old Holocaust Survivor, Gets a Vogue Cover
Vogue Germany’s latest cover star, 102-year-old Margot Friedländer, is a meaningful subject, said Anna Wintour.