Judging ""Priviliged"" Jews : Holocaust Ethics, Representation, and the ""Grey Zone"".

The Nazis' persecution of the Jews during the Holocaust included the creation of prisoner hierarchies that forced victims to cooperate with their persecutors. Many in the camps and ghettos came to hold so-called "privileged" positions, and their behavior has often been judged as self-...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Brown, Adam
Corporate Author:	JSTOR (Organization)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Berghahn Books, 2013.
Series:	War and genocide.
Subjects:	Levi, Primo, > 1919-1987 > Criticism and interpretation. Levi, Primo. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) World War (1939-1945) Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Moral and ethical aspects. World War, 1939-1945 > Collaborationists > Moral and ethical aspects. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Influence. HISTORY > Europe > Western. HISTORY > Holocaust. Jewish studies. Ethics. Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) 1939-1945 History Holocaust ethics Collaboration Claude Lanzmann Primo Levi Criticism, interpretation, etc. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction
""Privileged"" Jews, Holocaust Representation, and the ""Limit"" of Judgment; Chapter 1
La ""Zona Grigia"": The Paradox of Judgment in Primo Levi's ""Gey Zone""; Chapter 2
The Judgment of ""Privileged"" Jews in the Work of Raul Hilberg; Chapter 3
Bridging History and Cinema: ""Privileged"" Jews in Claude Lanzmann's Shoah and Other Holocaust Documentaries; Chapter 4
Portraying ""Privileged"" Jews in Fiction Films: The Potential to Suspend Judgment?; Conclusion
""And What Would You Have Done?"" Negotiating the Paradoxical Bind.