Reconstructing the Memory of the Holocaust in Romania through Films
Reconstructing the Memory of the Holocaust in Romania through Films

Summary/Abstract: The current study regards films as a powerful vector of memory and aims to identify if and how the main events in the history of the Holocaust in Romania are represented in movies produced in the post-communist period or aired on Romanian televisions. Starting from the above mentioned enquiry, my aim is twofold: on one hand I am interested to identify how the Holocaust is remembered in the Romanian filmography. What is the status ascribed to the victim, perpetrator and bystander? Do we have a throughout description of these categories or some of them are eluded while others are described in a distorted manner? Where does the responsibility lie and how is the relation between the Romanian authorities and the German ally constructed in these films?

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