Dark Lens: Imaging Germany, 1945

by Françoise Meltzer

Esteemed scholar Fran oise Meltzer examines images of war ruins in Nazi Germany and the role that images play in how we construct memories of war.

The ruins of war have long held the power to stupefy and appall. Can such ruins ever be persuasively depicted and comprehended? Can images of ruins force us to identify with the suffering of the enemy and raise uncomfortable questions about forgiveness and revenge?

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022662563X
• ISBN13: 9780226625638
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 8.1"