The Phantom Holocaust: Soviet Cinema and Jewish Catastrophe by Olga Gershenson Holocaust History What Zeesie Saw on Delancey

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as well as the tragic experiences of Jewish intellectual refugees of the interwar period

The Phantom Holocaust: Soviet Cinema and Jewish Catastrophe by Olga Gershenson Holocaust History What Zeesie Saw on DelanceyEven 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