PERZEKÚCIA ŽIDOVSKÉHO OBYVATEĽSTVA A HOLOKAUST V POVOJNOVEJ SLOVENSKEJ KINEMATOGRAFII
THE PERSECUTION OF THE JEWISH POPULATION AND THE HOLOCAUST IN POST-WAR SLOVAK CINEMA

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this study is to map the evolution of Slovak films dealing with the subject of the Holocaust and the persecution of the Jewish minority in the twentieth century. Although it zooms in on a wide range of relevant narrative (and, marginally, also documentary) films, its main focus is on the analysis of narrative films by Slovak film makers whose central theme is the Holocaust − Námestie svätej Alžbety (The Square of Saint Elizabeth, 1965), Obchod na korze (The Shop on Main Street, 1965), Nedodržaný sľub (Broken Promise, 2009), and Správa (The Auschwitz Report, 2020). It tries to find the sources of inspiration for these films, examines the diversions of their final adaptation from their literary bases, and ponders their place in Slovak and global cinema. It also addresses the reasons why films with this subject were absent in certain periods of post-war Slovak history.

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