Cinema and the Shoah: a look at horror7 reading minutes

Le Regard Libre N° 66 - Antoine Bernhard

«The Shoah inscribed a decisive crisis at the heart of the 20th century, marking it irrevocably. Cinema was the art of the 20th century», writes Jean-Michel Frodon. So it's easy to see why the seventh art form is an essential part of today's reflection on the Holocaust. Each film on the subject brings with it controversy and debate, but it also casts a new light on the unfathomable mystery of the Shoah, the annihilation of man by man. So what is the strong link between cinema and the Shoah? And how do films illustrate or condition a singular relationship to the event in question?

Précisons en préambule que nous distinguons ici la Shoah des autres crimes nazis. Evidemment, la frontière qui les sépare est floue. Cependant, en tant que nouveauté radicale dans l’histoire de l’humanité, la Shoah est d’une natur