Representations of the the Holocaust in Literature & Film
Instructor: Al Filreis
Teaching Assistant: Jamie-Lee Josselyn
Undergrad TA: Henry Steinberg

fall 2011
English 261.401 Tuesday/Thursday 1:30-3 PM
Arts Cafe, Kelly Writers House

course description

reading & screening schedule [PDF]

position papers and listserv responses

course staff and office hours

books to buy

listserv

materials:

Yale survivor testimony videos

four clips from Shoah

Shoah scene list

Heinrich Boll, "Across the Bridge" [PDF]

Al Filreis discusses "Gold" in Levi's The Periodic Table (link to page with downloadable mp3 audio file)

Paul Celan readings (#1)

Paul Celan reading ("Black Flakes") (#2)

survivor testimonies via the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum

daugher of survivor finally hears her father's testimony

"Lessons in Hate"

Terrence Des Pres, "Lessons of the Holocaust" (PDF)

Pier Marton's Say I'm a Jew

former students discuss the course

Yale archive of video survivor testimonies' YouTube channel

Carolyn Forche, "Ourselves or Nothing" (audio)

Carolyn Forche, "Ourselves or Nothing" (PDF)

Carolyn Forche, "Ourselves or Nothing" (YouTube)

NPR follow-up story about Debbie Fisher (audio)

Shalom Auslander tells the story of his visit to Sachsenhausen: audio

“80064,” by Artur Zmijewski: link to video