Literature of the Holocaust maintained by Al Filreis |
Representations of the the Holocaust in Literature & Film
Instructor: Al Filreis
Teaching Assistants: Lily Applebaum, Emily Harnett & Kristina Baumli
Undergrad TA: Emma Silverman
fall 2013
English 261.401 Tuesday/Thursday 1:30-3 PM
Arts Cafe, Kelly Writers House
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 available online 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 Chaim E.'s testimony (excerpt): PDF 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 4 Auschwitz survivors point to themselves in a famous photo taken at liberation "Memory of the Camps" - footage taken soon after liberation "Hallowed Ground", ABC Nightline feature aired November 15, 2002 (more info)
