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Title: Teaching Schindler


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Teaching Schindlers ListFact, Fiction and
Film in Remembering the HolocaustStudent Edition
  • Based on a book, Holocaust as Horror by
  • Caroline (Kay) Picart, Florida State
  • David Frank, U. of Oregon
  • A short article is forthcoming with Film and
    History.

2
Schindlers Lists Realism
  • How real does Schindlers List seem?
  • Why does it look so real?

3
Answers
  • 1.________________________________________________
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  • 2.________________________________________________
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4
The Bilderverbot
  • Can you think of any objections on moral or
    aesthetic grounds to how Schindlers List
    visualized the Holocaust?

5
Answer
  • __________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________
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    ________________________.

6
Key Question
  • Who is the monster in Schindlers List? What
    makes this character monstrous?

7
Answers
  • Character_______________________
  • Why is this character monstrous?
  • __________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________
    _________________________________________.

8
Two Key Scenes Describe them briefly, both in
terms of content and form.
  • The shower scene at Auschwitz
  • The seduction-turned-torture of Helen Hirsch by
    Amon Goeth

9
The Shower Scene in SL
  • Whose gaze do we share?
  • How do we know this?

10
Answer
  • __________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________
    ______.

11
Schindlers List and Psycho
  • Can you see any similarities between the shower
    scene in Psycho and the one in Schindlers List?

12
Answers
  • __________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________
    ________________________.

13
Key Question
  • Which two stereotypes are illustrated
    particularly in the scene where Goeth hovers
    around Helen Hirsch?

14
Answer
  • __________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________
    ______.

15
Law and Crime
  • How are law and crime depicted in Schindlers
    List?
  • What cinematic conventions are used to code the
    good German (Schindler) vs. the bad German
    (Goeth)?

16
Answers
  • 1.________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________
    _____________________________.
  • 2.________________________________________________
    _______________
  • __________________________________________________
    ______________.

17
Discussion Questions
  • Compare Schindlers Lists holocaust narrative
    with Shoah. Do the comparisons both in terms of
    content and film form. Choose one scene from
    each film to back up your comparison.
  • Comment on how Spielberg and Kingsley interact
    re. representing the Holocaust in Survivors of
    the Holocaust (Steven Spielberg and Survivors of
    the Shoah Visual History Foundation).

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Answers
  • 1.________________________________________________
    _______________________________________________.
  • 2.________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________
    __________________________________________________
    ___________.
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