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.

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Schindlers Lists Realism

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

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The Bilderverbot

• Can you think of any objections on moral or
  aesthetic grounds to how Schindlers List
  visualized the Holocaust?

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Key Question

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

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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

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The Shower Scene in SL

• Whose gaze do we share?
• How do we know this?

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Schindlers List and Psycho

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

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Key Question

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

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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)?

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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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