Theresienstadt: Film Fragments and Testimonies

International cast: With contributions from Israel, Switzerland, Denmark and other countriesCurrent reference: Reawakened anti-Semitism, propaganda and alienation of realityInterdisciplinary: With contributions from film, history, Communication sciences, sociology and philosophy

In the ghetto, transit and concentration camp Theresienstadt, film recordings were made with the forced participation of the deportees and became known under the title "Theresienstadt - A Documentary from the Jewish Settlement Area". As a particularly perfidious part of National Socialist propaganda, these recordings continue to have an impact to the present day: Deniers of the National Socialist genocide still refer to this film today. In this anthology, the special position of Theresienstadt is examined on various levels. In addition to the analysis of eyewitness interviews, sociological, philosophical, and historiographical reflections on the circumstances, conditions, and peculiarities of Terezin are included.

Lara Pellner, M.A., is a research assistant at the Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities in Essen.Prof. Dr. Hans-Georg Soeffner is a senior professor at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität in Bonn and a senior fellow and board member at the Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities in Essen.Dr. Marija Stanisavljevic is a research associate at the Center for Higher Education Didactics at the Lucerne University of Teacher Education.