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Record Nr.

UNINA9910254787103321

Autore

Eischeid Susan

Titolo

The Truth about Fania Fénelon and the Women’s Orchestra of Auschwitz-Birkenau [[electronic resource] /] / by Susan Eischeid

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016

ISBN

3-319-31038-0

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIII, 151 p.)

Disciplina

940.53

Soggetti

World War, 1939-1945

Motion pictures—History

Europe—History—1492-

History of World War II and the Holocaust

Film History

History of Modern Europe

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- 1. The Auschwitz-Birkenau Women’s Orchestra -- 2. Fania Fénelon and the Inception of Playing for Time -- 3. Scholarly Treatment of Playing for Time -- 4. The Response of the Other Survivors -- 5. Press Response and Continued Survivor Response -- 6. The Film Based on Playing for Time -- 7. The Artistic Influence of Fénelon’s Memoir -- 8. Memoirs by the Other Survivors of the Orchestra -- 9. The Second Generation Legacy -- 10. Addressing the Revisionists -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores how the women’s orchestra at Auschwitz-Birkenau has been remembered in both media and popular culture since the end of the Second World War. In particular it focuses on Fania Fenelon’s memoir, Playing for Time (1976), which was subsequently adapted into a film. Since then the publication has become a cornerstone of Holocaust remembrance and scholarship. Susan Eischeid therefore interrogates whether it deserves such status, and whether such material can ever be considered reliable source material for historians.



Using divergent source material gathered by the author, such as interviews with the other surviving members of the orchestra, this Pivot seeks to shed light on this period of women’s history, and question how we remember the Holocaust today.