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Pantheon Books (1985), Edition: 1st Thus.
Description
Over a decade in the making, this monumental investigation of the unthinkable: the murder of more than six million Jews by the Nazis. Using no archival footage, Claude Lanzmann instead focuses on first-person testimonies (of survivors and former Nazis, and other witnesses), employing a circular, free-associative method in assembling them. The intellectual yet emotionally overwhelming SHOAH is not a film about excavating the past but an intensive portrait in which the past is always present.
User reviews
LibraryThing member meggyweg
As the movie is nine hours long and my local library and DVD rental place didn't have it, I thought I'd read just the text instead. Unfortunately it didn't have as much as an impact on me as I had hoped it would. I think seeing the movie, the people's faces, how they talked, would be better. Very
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few movies are a good substitute for the novel they're based off of; this book doesn't seem to be an adequate substitute for the movie it came from. Show Less
LibraryThing member BrisbaneHebrewCon
BHC Library Users please note: Our collection has the FILM VERSION of this title, not the book!
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Prix Henri Hertz (1986)
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1985