Abstract
The documentary film Archiwum istnień tells the story of research by Nazi anthropologists searching among the population of occupied Poland for representatives of the Aryan race. In her film, the director makes use of archival materials from World War Two (above all, photographs, propaganda film chronicles and letters). Not only does Justyna Łuczaj-Salej incorporate the above into the cinematographer’s box of tricks, but most of all, she exploits them counter to their authors’ intentions, thereby initiating a process that de-contextualises and re-contextualises these archives in a deconstruction of the past.
Highlights
Such photographs have a wide ranging genesis and usually were part of the Nazi documentation or materials created for propaganda purposes – in some cases arising out of the personal interests of the Nazi photographers.[4]
In the history of the Polish historical documentaries devoted to the theme of World War II, there is no shortage of films whose provenance is tied to the discovery of unique archival materials – to cite for example Po-lin
Among the archival materials used as a point of departure for the creation of a film image of the past, very often photographs are the main medium
Summary
Such photographs have a wide ranging genesis and usually were part of the Nazi documentation or materials created for propaganda purposes – in some cases arising out of the personal interests of the Nazi photographers.[4]. The Past and Memory in Archive of Lives: Justyna Łuczaj-Salej’s Impressionist Historical Documentary
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