Abstract
In the article, the influence of cinematography on the memory formation about Jewish people genocide is analysed. The propaganda purpose of filmmaking in the 1930s with the aim at a particular Jewish topic, its further prohibition in 1939 and screen comeback at the beginning of German and Soviet war is shown. Attention is drawn of the fact that during 1960-1970s, a great number of films did not meet the requirements of ideological consistency. The main distinction between the represented subject of European genocide in Soviet cinematography and the Western one is disclosed. An episodic and nonessential feature of Jewish topic in Soviet films due to the “Soviet character of war victims” is emphasised. The role of the Soviet cinematography in the formation of myth on the “Great Patriotic War” is mentioned.
Highlights
In the article, the influence of cinematography on the memory formation about Jewish people genocide is analysed
Genocide of Jewish people is a special page in history which will be rethought by more than one generation
There is a lack of academic resources relating to the Soviet cinematography concerning demonstration of genocide in particular
Summary
Ключові слова: Друга світова війна, єврейський народ, геноцид, кіно, пропаганда. У статті аналізується вплив кіно на формування пам’яті про геноцид єврейського народу. With the help of analysis how the subject of the Great catastrophe was screened in the Soviet cinematography, conclusions concerning formation on Holocaust memory can be made. The subject of the genocide of Jewish people in Soviet cinematography was not shown on a sufficient level. It can be explained with government policy directed towards propaganda of internationalism and the “Soviet character of war victims”. A great number of scripts written during the Second World War was not made as they did not meet standards of social realism Those films which succeeded in censorship showed the topic of the Grate catastrophe optionally without emphasising Jewish losses
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