The Phantom Holocaust: Soviet Cinema and Jewish Catastrophe

by Olga Gershenson

Even people familiar with cinema believe there is no such thing as a Soviet Holocaust film. The Phantom Holocaust tells a different story. The Soviets were actually among the first to portray these events on screens. In 1938, several films exposed Nazi anti-Semitism, and a 1945 movie depicted the mass execution of Jews in Babi Yar. Other significant pictures followed in the 1960s. But the more directly filmmakers engaged with the Holocaust, the more...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813561809
• ISBN13: 9780813561806
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary