The Holocaust In Film

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While there are history classes that revolve around the second world war, none of them are studied through the medium of film. Holocaust cinema is traditionally focused in historical method or the genocide of World War II. This class however serves as an intense introduction to the ways, over the last 50 years, that the Holocaust has been approached through film. The initial cinematic attempts at portraying this event were largely from countries at our near the scene of genocide. In more recent years, especially over the last decade, there has been a shift toward portraying the Holocaust from directors in the United States this course examines these films which show the subject in new light.